wa na

See also: wana, WANA, wána, wāna, wãna, waná, and wâná

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-wa na (infinitive kuwana)

  1. to have

Usage notes

In all tenses other than the ones listed above, the inflected form of -wa na can be formed by taking the appropriate inflected form of -wa and adding na as the following word.

In the negative, this verb can take on the meaning "have not" or "hasn't" as well as "does not have".

To inflect wa na with an object, rather than using the object concords, the appropriate -o of reference is added to the end of the verb, as in "ninalo" = "I have it".

Conjugation
Conjugation of -wa na (irregular)
Gnomic -na
Subjunctive -we na
Negative -na
Imperative singular kuwa na
Infinitives
Positive kuwa na
Negative kutokuwa na
Imperatives
Singular kuwa na
Plural kuweni na
Tensed forms
Habitual huwa na
Positive past positive subject concord + -likuwa na
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuwa na
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na + (object concord))
Singular Plural
1st person nina tuna
2nd person una mna
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ana wana
m-mi(III/IV) una ina
ji-ma(V/VI) lina yana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) kina vina
n(IX/X) ina zina
u(XI) una see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kuna
pa(XVI) pana
mu(XVIII) muna
Negative present (negative subject concord + -na + (object concord))
Singular Plural
1st person sina hatuna
2nd person huna hamna
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hana hawana
pa(XVI) hapana
ku(XVII) hakuna
mu(XVIII) hamuna
other classes negative subject concord + -na
Positive future positive subject concord + -takuwa na
Negative future negative subject concord + -takuwa na
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -we na)
Singular Plural
1st person niwe na tuwe na
2nd person uwe na muwe na
3rd person m-wa(I/II) awe na wawe na
pa(XVI) pawe na
ku(XVII) kuwe na
mu(XVIII) muwe na
other classes positive subject concord + -we na
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siwe na
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekuwa na
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekuwa na
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikuwa na
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikuwa na
Gnomic see positive present
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekuwa na
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakuwa na
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jawa na
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiwa na
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokuwa na
Consecutive kawa na / positive subject concord + -kawa na
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kawe na
Object concord (conjugation of -wa + na- + object concord in relative form)
Singular Plural
1st person nami/na mimi nasi/na sisi
2nd person nawe/na wewe nanyi/na ninyi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) naye/na yeye nao/na wao
m-mi(III/IV) nao nayo
ji-ma(V/VI) nalo nayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) nacho navyo
n(IX/X) nayo nazo
u(XI) nao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) nako
pa(XVI) napo
mu(XVIII) namo
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -li- + relative marker + na + (object concord))
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -liye na -lio na
m-mi(III/IV) -lio na -liyo na
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilo na -liyo na
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -licho na -livyo na
n(IX/X) -liyo na -lizo na
u(XI) -lio na see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -liko na
pa(XVI) -lipo na
mu(XVIII) -limo na
General negative (positive subject concord + -si- + relative marker + na + (object concord))
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -siye na -sio na
m-mi(III/IV) -sio na -siyo na
ji-ma(V/VI) -silo na -siyo na
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sicho na -sivyo na
n(IX/X) -siyo na -sizo na
u(XI) -sio na see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -siko na
pa(XVI) -sipo na
mu(XVIII) -simo na
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker[sw-conj 1] + relative marker + -kuwa na + (object concord))
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekuwa na -okuwa na
m-mi(III/IV) -okuwa na -yokuwa na
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokuwa na -yokuwa na
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokuwa na -vyokuwa na
n(IX/X) -yokuwa na -zokuwa na
u(XI) -okuwa na see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokuwa na
pa(XVI) -pokuwa na
mu(XVIII) -mokuwa na
  1. Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka-. For the present, use general positive.
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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