-fungua (infinitive kufungua)
- Conversive form of -funga: to open, to unfasten
- (in reflexive forms, euphemistic) to give birth
Conjugation of -fungua
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Positive present
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-nafungua
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Subjunctive
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-fungue
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Negative
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-fungui
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Imperative singular
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fungua
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hufungua
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifungua
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufungua
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungua)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafungua/nafungua
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tunafungua
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2nd person
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unafungua
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mnafungua
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafungua
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wanafungua
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafungua
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungui)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifungui
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hatufungui
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2nd person
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hufungui
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hamfungui
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafungui
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hawafungui
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -fungui
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafungua
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafungua
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungue)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifungue
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tufungue
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2nd person
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ufungue
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mfungue
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afungue
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wafungue
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -fungue
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifungue
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefungua
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefungua
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifungua
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifungua
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefungua
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafungua
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafungua
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifungua
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofungua
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Consecutive
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kafungua / positive subject concord + -kafungua
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafungue
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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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