wekana

Swahili

-wekana (infinitive kuwekana)

Conjugation of -wekana

Infinitives

Positive	kuwekana
Negative	kutowekana

Imperatives

Singular	wekana
Plural	wekaneni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huwekana
Positive past	positive subject concord + -liwekana
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuwekana

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nawekana)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninawekana/nawekana	tunawekana
2nd person		unawekana	mnawekana
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anawekana	wanawekana
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nawekana

Negative present (negative subject concord + -wekani)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		siwekani	hatuwekani
2nd person		huwekani	hamuwekani
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hawekani	hawawekani
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -wekani

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tawekana
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tawekana

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wekane)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		niwekane	tuwekane
2nd person		uwekane	muwekane
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	awekane	wawekane
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -wekane

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -siwekane
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngewekana
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singewekana
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngaliwekana
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singaliwekana

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -awekana)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nawekana	twawekana
2nd person		wawekana	mwawekana
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	awekana	wawekana
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wawekana	yawekana
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lawekana	yawekana
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chawekana	vyawekana
	n_(IX/X)	yawekana	zawekana
	u_(XI)	wawekana	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwawekana
	pa_(XVI)	pawekana
	mu_(XVIII)	mwawekana

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mewekana
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshawekana
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jawekana
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kiwekana
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipowekana
Consecutive	kawekana / positive subject concord + -kawekana
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kawekane
Object concord	—

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + -wekana- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-wekanaye	-wekanao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-wekanao	-wekanayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-wekanalo	-wekanayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-wekanacho	-wekanavyo
n_(IX/X)	-wekanayo	-wekanazo
u_(XI)	-wekanao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-wekanako
pa_(XVI)	-wekanapo
mu_(XVIII)	-wekanamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -wekana)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yewekana	-owekana
m-mi_(III/IV)	-owekana	-yowekana
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lowekana	-yowekana
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chowekana	-vyowekana
n_(IX/X)	-yowekana	-zowekana
u_(XI)	-owekana	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kowekana
pa_(XVI)	-powekana
mu_(XVIII)	-mowekana

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.