kosana

Swahili

Verb

-kosana (infinitive kukosana)

1. Reciprocal form of -kosa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kosana
Positive present -nakosana Subjunctive -kosane Negative -kosani Imperative singular kosana
Infinitives
Positive kukosana Negative kutokosana
Imperatives
Singular kosana Plural kosaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukosana Positive past positive subject concord + -likosana Negative past negative subject concord + -kukosana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakosana) Singular Plural 1st person ninakosana/nakosana tunakosana 2nd person unakosana mnakosana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakosana wanakosana other classes positive subject concord + -nakosana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kosani) Singular Plural 1st person sikosani hatukosani 2nd person hukosani hamkosani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakosani hawakosani other classes negative subject concord + -kosani
Positive future positive subject concord + -takosana Negative future negative subject concord + -takosana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kosane) Singular Plural 1st person nikosane tukosane 2nd person ukosane mkosane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akosane wakosane other classes positive subject concord + -kosane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikosane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekosana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekosana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikosana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikosana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akosana) Singular Plural 1st person nakosana twakosana 2nd person wakosana mwakosana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akosana wakosana m-mi(III/IV) wakosana yakosana ji-ma(V/VI) lakosana yakosana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakosana vyakosana n(IX/X) yakosana zakosana u(XI) wakosana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakosana pa(XVI) pakosana mu(XVIII) mwakosana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekosana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakosana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakosana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikosana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokosana Consecutive kakosana / positive subject concord + -kakosana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakosane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -kosana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kosanaye -kosanao m-mi(III/IV) -kosanao -kosanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kosanalo -kosanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kosanacho -kosanavyo n(IX/X) -kosanayo -kosanazo u(XI) -kosanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosanako pa(XVI) -kosanapo mu(XVIII) -kosanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kosana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekosana -okosana m-mi(III/IV) -okosana -yokosana ji-ma(V/VI) -lokosana -yokosana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokosana -vyokosana n(IX/X) -yokosana -zokosana u(XI) -okosana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokosana pa(XVI) -pokosana mu(XVIII) -mokosana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.