ungua

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-ungua (infinitive kuungua)

  1. to burn, to be on fire

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -ungua
Positive present -naungua
Subjunctive -ungue
Negative -ungui
Imperative singular ungua
Infinitives
Positive kuungua
Negative kutoungua
Imperatives
Singular ungua
Plural ungueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huungua
Positive past positive subject concord + -liungua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuungua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naungua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaungua/naungua tunaungua
2nd person unaungua mnaungua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaungua wanaungua
other classes positive subject concord + -naungua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ungui)
Singular Plural
1st person siungui hatuungui
2nd person huungui hamuungui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haungui hawaungui
other classes negative subject concord + -ungui
Positive future positive subject concord + -taungua
Negative future negative subject concord + -taungua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ungue)
Singular Plural
1st person niungue tuungue
2nd person uungue muungue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aungue waungue
other classes positive subject concord + -ungue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siungue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeungua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeungua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliungua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliungua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aungua)
Singular Plural
1st person naungua twaungua
2nd person waungua mwaungua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aungua waungua
m-mi(III/IV) waungua yaungua
ji-ma(V/VI) laungua yaungua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaungua vyaungua
n(IX/X) yaungua zaungua
u(XI) waungua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaungua
pa(XVI) paungua
mu(XVIII) mwaungua
Perfect positive subject concord + -meungua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaungua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaungua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiungua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoungua
Consecutive kaungua / positive subject concord + -kaungua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaungue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niungua -tuungua
2nd person -kuungua -waungua/-kuungueni/-waungueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muungua -waungua
m-mi(III/IV) -uungua -iungua
ji-ma(V/VI) -liungua -yaungua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiungua -viungua
n(IX/X) -iungua -ziungua
u(XI) -uungua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuungua
pa(XVI) -paungua
mu(XVIII) -muungua
Reflexive -jiungua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ungua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -unguaye -unguao
m-mi(III/IV) -unguao -unguayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ungualo -unguayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -unguacho -unguavyo
n(IX/X) -unguayo -unguazo
u(XI) -unguao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -unguako
pa(XVI) -unguapo
mu(XVIII) -unguamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ungua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeungua -oungua
m-mi(III/IV) -oungua -youngua
ji-ma(V/VI) -loungua -youngua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choungua -vyoungua
n(IX/X) -youngua -zoungua
u(XI) -oungua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koungua
pa(XVI) -poungua
mu(XVIII) -moungua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.