kata tamaa

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-kata tamaa (infinitive kukata tamaa)

  1. to despair
  2. to give up

Conjugation
Conjugation of -kata tamaa
Positive present -nakata tamaa
Subjunctive -kata tamae
Negative -kata tamai
Imperative singular kata tamaa
Infinitives
Positive kukata tamaa
Negative kutokata tamaa
Imperatives
Singular kata tamaa
Plural kata tamaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukata tamaa
Positive past positive subject concord + -likata tamaa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukata tamaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakata tamaa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakata tamaa/nakata tamaa tunakata tamaa
2nd person unakata tamaa mnakata tamaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakata tamaa wanakata tamaa
other classes positive subject concord + -nakata tamaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kata tamai)
Singular Plural
1st person sikata tamai hatukata tamai
2nd person hukata tamai hamkata tamai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakata tamai hawakata tamai
other classes negative subject concord + -kata tamai
Positive future positive subject concord + -takata tamaa
Negative future negative subject concord + -takata tamaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kata tamae)
Singular Plural
1st person nikata tamae tukata tamae
2nd person ukata tamae mkata tamae
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akata tamae wakata tamae
other classes positive subject concord + -kata tamae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikata tamae
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekata tamaa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekata tamaa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikata tamaa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikata tamaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akata tamaa)
Singular Plural
1st person nakata tamaa twakata tamaa
2nd person wakata tamaa mwakata tamaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akata tamaa wakata tamaa
m-mi(III/IV) wakata tamaa yakata tamaa
ji-ma(V/VI) lakata tamaa yakata tamaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakata tamaa vyakata tamaa
n(IX/X) yakata tamaa zakata tamaa
u(XI) wakata tamaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakata tamaa
pa(XVI) pakata tamaa
mu(XVIII) mwakata tamaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekata tamaa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakata tamaa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakata tamaa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikata tamaa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokata tamaa
Consecutive kakata tamaa / positive subject concord + -kakata tamaa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakata tamae
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikata tamaa -tukata tamaa
2nd person -kukata tamaa -wakata tamaa/-kukata tamaeni/-wakata tamaeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkata tamaa -wakata tamaa
m-mi(III/IV) -ukata tamaa -ikata tamaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -likata tamaa -yakata tamaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikata tamaa -vikata tamaa
n(IX/X) -ikata tamaa -zikata tamaa
u(XI) -ukata tamaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukata tamaa
pa(XVI) -pakata tamaa
mu(XVIII) -mukata tamaa
Reflexive -jikata tamaa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kata tamaa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kata tamaaye -kata tamaao
m-mi(III/IV) -kata tamaao -kata tamaayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kata tamaalo -kata tamaayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kata tamaacho -kata tamaavyo
n(IX/X) -kata tamaayo -kata tamaazo
u(XI) -kata tamaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kata tamaako
pa(XVI) -kata tamaapo
mu(XVIII) -kata tamaamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kata tamaa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekata tamaa -okata tamaa
m-mi(III/IV) -okata tamaa -yokata tamaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokata tamaa -yokata tamaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokata tamaa -vyokata tamaa
n(IX/X) -yokata tamaa -zokata tamaa
u(XI) -okata tamaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokata tamaa
pa(XVI) -pokata tamaa
mu(XVIII) -mokata tamaa
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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