patikana

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-patikana (infinitive kupatikana)

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

Conjugation

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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

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