patikana

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-patikana (infinitive kupatikana)

1. Reciprocal form of -patika: to be obtainable, to be caught or found
2. to be available

Conjugation

Conjugation of -patikana
Positive present -napatikana Subjunctive -patikane Negative -patikani Imperative singular patikana
Infinitives
Positive kupatikana Negative kutopatikana
Imperatives
Singular patikana Plural patikaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupatikana Positive past positive subject concord + -lipatikana Negative past negative subject concord + -kupatikana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napatikana) Singular Plural 1st person ninapatikana/napatikana tunapatikana 2nd person unapatikana mnapatikana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapatikana wanapatikana other classes positive subject concord + -napatikana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -patikani) Singular Plural 1st person sipatikani hatupatikani 2nd person hupatikani hampatikani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapatikani hawapatikani other classes negative subject concord + -patikani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapatikana Negative future negative subject concord + -tapatikana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patikane) Singular Plural 1st person nipatikane tupatikane 2nd person upatikane mpatikane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatikane wapatikane other classes positive subject concord + -patikane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipatikane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepatikana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepatikana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipatikana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipatikana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apatikana) Singular Plural 1st person napatikana twapatikana 2nd person wapatikana mwapatikana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatikana wapatikana m-mi(III/IV) wapatikana yapatikana ji-ma(V/VI) lapatikana yapatikana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapatikana vyapatikana n(IX/X) yapatikana zapatikana u(XI) wapatikana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapatikana pa(XVI) papatikana mu(XVIII) mwapatikana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepatikana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapatikana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japatikana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipatikana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopatikana Consecutive kapatikana / positive subject concord + -kapatikana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapatikane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -patikana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -patikanaye -patikanao m-mi(III/IV) -patikanao -patikanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -patikanalo -patikanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -patikanacho -patikanavyo n(IX/X) -patikanayo -patikanazo u(XI) -patikanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -patikanako pa(XVI) -patikanapo mu(XVIII) -patikanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -patikana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepatikana -opatikana m-mi(III/IV) -opatikana -yopatikana ji-ma(V/VI) -lopatikana -yopatikana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopatikana -vyopatikana n(IX/X) -yopatikana -zopatikana u(XI) -opatikana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopatikana pa(XVI) -popatikana mu(XVIII) -mopatikana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • upatikanaji (“availability”)