fungua

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-fungua (infinitive kufungua)

  1. Conversive form of -funga: to open, to unfasten
  2. (in reflexive forms, euphemistic) to give birth

Conjugation
Conjugation of -fungua
Positive present -nafungua
Subjunctive -fungue
Negative -fungui
Imperative singular fungua
Infinitives
Positive kufungua
Negative kutofungua
Imperatives
Singular fungua
Plural fungueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufungua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifungua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufungua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafungua/nafungua tunafungua
2nd person unafungua mnafungua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafungua wanafungua
other classes positive subject concord + -nafungua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungui)
Singular Plural
1st person sifungui hatufungui
2nd person hufungui hamfungui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafungui hawafungui
other classes negative subject concord + -fungui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafungua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafungua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungue)
Singular Plural
1st person nifungue tufungue
2nd person ufungue mfungue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungue wafungue
other classes positive subject concord + -fungue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifungue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefungua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefungua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifungua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifungua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungua)
Singular Plural
1st person nafungua twafungua
2nd person wafungua mwafungua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungua wafungua
m-mi(III/IV) wafungua yafungua
ji-ma(V/VI) lafungua yafungua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafungua vyafungua
n(IX/X) yafungua zafungua
u(XI) wafungua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafungua
pa(XVI) pafungua
mu(XVIII) mwafungua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefungua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafungua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafungua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifungua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofungua
Consecutive kafungua / positive subject concord + -kafungua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafungue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifungua -tufungua
2nd person -kufungua -wafungua/-kufungueni/-wafungueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfungua -wafungua
m-mi(III/IV) -ufungua -ifungua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifungua -yafungua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifungua -vifungua
n(IX/X) -ifungua -zifungua
u(XI) -ufungua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufungua
pa(XVI) -pafungua
mu(XVIII) -mufungua
Reflexive -jifungua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fungua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -funguaye -funguao
m-mi(III/IV) -funguao -funguayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fungualo -funguayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -funguacho -funguavyo
n(IX/X) -funguayo -funguazo
u(XI) -funguao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -funguako
pa(XVI) -funguapo
mu(XVIII) -funguamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fungua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefungua -ofungua
m-mi(III/IV) -ofungua -yofungua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofungua -yofungua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofungua -vyofungua
n(IX/X) -yofungua -zofungua
u(XI) -ofungua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofungua
pa(XVI) -pofungua
mu(XVIII) -mofungua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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