From tat- (“tangle”) + -ua (converse affix).
-tatua (infinitive kutatua)
- Conversive form of -tata: to untangle, disentangle
- to solve
Conjugation of -tatua
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Positive present
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-natatua
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Subjunctive
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-tatue
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Negative
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-tatui
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Imperative singular
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tatua
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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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hutatua
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litatua
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutatua
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natatua)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatatua/natatua
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tunatatua
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2nd person
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unatatua
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mnatatua
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatatua
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wanatatua
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natatua
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tatui)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitatui
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hatutatui
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2nd person
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hutatui
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hamtatui
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatatui
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hawatatui
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tatui
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatatua
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatatua
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tatue)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitatue
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tutatue
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2nd person
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utatue
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mtatue
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atatue
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watatue
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tatue
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitatue
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetatua
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetatua
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitatua
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitatua
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metatua
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatatua
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatatua
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitatua
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotatua
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Consecutive
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katatua / positive subject concord + -katatua
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katatue
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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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