From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- IPA(key): /ˈvja.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: wia‧na
wiana n
- inflection of wiano:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
-wiana (infinitive kuwiana)
- Reciprocal form of -wia: to be equal, balance
Conjugation of -wiana
|
Positive present
|
-nawiana
|
Subjunctive
|
-wiane
|
Negative
|
-wiani
|
Imperative singular
|
wiana
|
|
Infinitives
|
|
Imperatives
|
|
Tensed forms
|
Habitual
|
huwiana
|
Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -liwiana
|
Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuwiana
|
|
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nawiana)
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
1st person
|
ninawiana/nawiana
|
tunawiana
|
2nd person
|
unawiana
|
mnawiana
|
3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anawiana
|
wanawiana
|
other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nawiana
|
|
Negative present (negative subject concord + -wiani)
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
1st person
|
siwiani
|
hatuwiani
|
2nd person
|
huwiani
|
hamuwiani
|
3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hawiani
|
hawawiani
|
other classes
|
negative subject concord + -wiani
|
|
Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tawiana
|
Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tawiana
|
|
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wiane)
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
1st person
|
niwiane
|
tuwiane
|
2nd person
|
uwiane
|
muwiane
|
3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
awiane
|
wawiane
|
other classes
|
positive subject concord + -wiane
|
|
Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -siwiane
|
Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngewiana
|
Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singewiana
|
Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngaliwiana
|
Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singaliwiana
|
|
|
Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mewiana
|
"Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshawiana
|
"Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jawiana
|
"If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kiwiana
|
"If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipowiana
|
Consecutive
|
kawiana / positive subject concord + -kawiana
|
Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kawiane
|
Object concord
|
—
|
|
|
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
|