onekana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-onekana (infinitive kuonekana)

1. Reciprocal form of -ona: to be visible, to be apparent
2. to seem

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onekana
Positive present -naonekana Subjunctive -onekane Negative -onekani Imperative singular onekana
Infinitives
Positive kuonekana Negative kutoonekana
Imperatives
Singular onekana Plural onekaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonekana Positive past positive subject concord + -lionekana Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonekana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonekana) Singular Plural 1st person ninaonekana/naonekana tunaonekana 2nd person unaonekana mnaonekana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonekana wanaonekana other classes positive subject concord + -naonekana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onekani) Singular Plural 1st person sionekani hatuonekani 2nd person huonekani hamwonekani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonekani hawaonekani other classes negative subject concord + -onekani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonekana Negative future negative subject concord + -taonekana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onekane) Singular Plural 1st person nionekane tuonekane 2nd person uonekane mwonekane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonekane waonekane other classes positive subject concord + -onekane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionekane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonekana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonekana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionekana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionekana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonekana) Singular Plural 1st person naonekana twaonekana 2nd person waonekana mwaonekana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonekana waonekana m-mi(III/IV) waonekana yaonekana ji-ma(V/VI) laonekana yaonekana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonekana vyaonekana n(IX/X) yaonekana zaonekana u(XI) waonekana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaonekana pa(XVI) paonekana mu(XVIII) mwaonekana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonekana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonekana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonekana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kionekana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonekana Consecutive kaonekana / positive subject concord + -kaonekana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonekane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -onekana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -onekanaye -onekanao m-mi(III/IV) -onekanao -onekanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -onekanalo -onekanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onekanacho -onekanavyo n(IX/X) -onekanayo -onekanazo u(XI) -onekanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -onekanako pa(XVI) -onekanapo mu(XVIII) -onekanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -onekana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeonekana -oonekana m-mi(III/IV) -oonekana -yoonekana ji-ma(V/VI) -loonekana -yoonekana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonekana -vyoonekana n(IX/X) -yoonekana -zoonekana u(XI) -oonekana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koonekana pa(XVI) -poonekana mu(XVIII) -moonekana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.