sokota

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sokota (infinitive kusokota)

1. to twist

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sokota
Positive present -nasokota Subjunctive -sokote Negative -sokoti Imperative singular sokota
Infinitives
Positive kusokota Negative kutosokota
Imperatives
Singular sokota Plural sokoteni
Tensed forms
Habitual husokota Positive past positive subject concord + -lisokota Negative past negative subject concord + -kusokota
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasokota) Singular Plural 1st person ninasokota/nasokota tunasokota 2nd person unasokota mnasokota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasokota wanasokota other classes positive subject concord + -nasokota
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sokoti) Singular Plural 1st person sisokoti hatusokoti 2nd person husokoti hamsokoti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasokoti hawasokoti other classes negative subject concord + -sokoti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasokota Negative future negative subject concord + -tasokota
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sokote) Singular Plural 1st person nisokote tusokote 2nd person usokote msokote 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asokote wasokote other classes positive subject concord + -sokote
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisokote Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesokota Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesokota Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisokota Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisokota
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asokota) Singular Plural 1st person nasokota twasokota 2nd person wasokota mwasokota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asokota wasokota m-mi(III/IV) wasokota yasokota ji-ma(V/VI) lasokota yasokota ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasokota vyasokota n(IX/X) yasokota zasokota u(XI) wasokota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasokota pa(XVI) pasokota mu(XVIII) mwasokota
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesokota "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasokota "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasokota "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisokota "If not" positive subject concord + -siposokota Consecutive kasokota / positive subject concord + -kasokota Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasokote
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisokota -tusokota 2nd person -kusokota -wasokota/-kusokoteni/-wasokoteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msokota -wasokota m-mi(III/IV) -usokota -isokota ji-ma(V/VI) -lisokota -yasokota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisokota -visokota n(IX/X) -isokota -zisokota u(XI) -usokota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusokota pa(XVI) -pasokota mu(XVIII) -musokota Reflexive -jisokota
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sokota- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sokotaye -sokotao m-mi(III/IV) -sokotao -sokotayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sokotalo -sokotayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sokotacho -sokotavyo n(IX/X) -sokotayo -sokotazo u(XI) -sokotao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sokotako pa(XVI) -sokotapo mu(XVIII) -sokotamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sokota) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesokota -osokota m-mi(III/IV) -osokota -yosokota ji-ma(V/VI) -losokota -yosokota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosokota -vyosokota n(IX/X) -yosokota -zosokota u(XI) -osokota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosokota pa(XVI) -posokota mu(XVIII) -mosokota
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.