kanganya

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kanganya (infinitive kukanganya)

1. to confuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kanganya
Positive present -nakanganya Subjunctive -kanganye Negative -kanganyi Imperative singular kanganya
Infinitives
Positive kukanganya Negative kutokanganya
Imperatives
Singular kanganya Plural kanganyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukanganya Positive past positive subject concord + -likanganya Negative past negative subject concord + -kukanganya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakanganya) Singular Plural 1st person ninakanganya/nakanganya tunakanganya 2nd person unakanganya mnakanganya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakanganya wanakanganya other classes positive subject concord + -nakanganya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kanganyi) Singular Plural 1st person sikanganyi hatukanganyi 2nd person hukanganyi hamkanganyi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakanganyi hawakanganyi other classes negative subject concord + -kanganyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takanganya Negative future negative subject concord + -takanganya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kanganye) Singular Plural 1st person nikanganye tukanganye 2nd person ukanganye mkanganye 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akanganye wakanganye other classes positive subject concord + -kanganye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikanganye Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekanganya Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekanganya Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikanganya Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikanganya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akanganya) Singular Plural 1st person nakanganya twakanganya 2nd person wakanganya mwakanganya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akanganya wakanganya m-mi(III/IV) wakanganya yakanganya ji-ma(V/VI) lakanganya yakanganya ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakanganya vyakanganya n(IX/X) yakanganya zakanganya u(XI) wakanganya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakanganya pa(XVI) pakanganya mu(XVIII) mwakanganya
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekanganya "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakanganya "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakanganya "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikanganya "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokanganya Consecutive kakanganya / positive subject concord + -kakanganya Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakanganye
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikanganya -tukanganya 2nd person -kukanganya -wakanganya/-kukanganyeni/-wakanganyeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkanganya -wakanganya m-mi(III/IV) -ukanganya -ikanganya ji-ma(V/VI) -likanganya -yakanganya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikanganya -vikanganya n(IX/X) -ikanganya -zikanganya u(XI) -ukanganya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukanganya pa(XVI) -pakanganya mu(XVIII) -mukanganya Reflexive -jikanganya
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kanganya- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kanganyaye -kanganyao m-mi(III/IV) -kanganyao -kanganyayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kanganyalo -kanganyayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kanganyacho -kanganyavyo n(IX/X) -kanganyayo -kanganyazo u(XI) -kanganyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kanganyako pa(XVI) -kanganyapo mu(XVIII) -kanganyamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kanganya) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekanganya -okanganya m-mi(III/IV) -okanganya -yokanganya ji-ma(V/VI) -lokanganya -yokanganya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokanganya -vyokanganya n(IX/X) -yokanganya -zokanganya u(XI) -okanganya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokanganya pa(XVI) -pokanganya mu(XVIII) -mokanganya
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkanganyiko (“confusion”)