Etymology
From -ona (“to see”) + -ya (causative affix).
Verb
-onya (infinitive kuonya)
- to warn, admonish
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of, Positive present ...
Conjugation of -onya |
Positive present |
-naonya |
Subjunctive |
-onye |
Negative |
-onyi |
Imperative singular |
onya |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kuonya |
Negative |
kutoonya |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
onya |
Plural |
onyeni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
huonya |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lionya |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuonya |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonya) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninaonya/naonya |
tunaonya |
2nd person |
unaonya |
mnaonya |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anaonya |
wanaonya |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -naonya |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -onyi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sionyi |
hatuonyi |
2nd person |
huonyi |
hamwonyi |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
haonyi |
hawaonyi |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -onyi |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -taonya |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -taonya |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onye) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nionye |
tuonye |
2nd person |
uonye |
mwonye |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
aonye |
waonye |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -onye |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sionye |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngeonya |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singeonya |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalionya |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalionya |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -meonya |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshaonya |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jaonya |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kionya |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipoonya |
Consecutive |
kaonya / positive subject concord + -kaonya |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kaonye |
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
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