onana

Swahili

-onana (infinitive kuonana)

Conjugation of -onana

Infinitives

Positive	kuonana
Negative	kutoonana

Imperatives

Singular	onana
Plural	onaneni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huonana
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lionana
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuonana

Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonana)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninaonana/naonana	tunaonana
2nd person		unaonana	mnaonana
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anaonana	wanaonana
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -naonana

Negative present (negative subject concord + -onani)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sionani	hatuonani
2nd person		huonani	hamwonani
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	haonani	hawaonani
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -onani

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onane)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nionane	tuonane
2nd person		uonane	mwonane
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aonane	waonane
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -onane

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sionane
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngeonana
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singeonana
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalionana
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalionana

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonana)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		naonana	twaonana
2nd person		waonana	mwaonana
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aonana	waonana
	m-mi_(III/IV)	waonana	yaonana
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	laonana	yaonana
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chaonana	vyaonana
	n_(IX/X)	yaonana	zaonana
	u_(XI)	waonana	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwaonana
	pa_(XVI)	paonana
	mu_(XVIII)	mwaonana

Perfect	positive subject concord + -meonana
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshaonana
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jaonana
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kionana
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipoonana
Consecutive	kaonana / positive subject concord + -kaonana
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kaonane

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nionana	-tuonana
2nd person		-kuonana	-waonana/-kuonaneni/-waonaneni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mwonana	-waonana
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uonana	-ionana
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lionana	-yaonana
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kionana	-vionana
	n_(IX/X)	-ionana	-zionana
	u_(XI)	-uonana	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuonana
	pa_(XVI)	-paonana
	mu_(XVIII)	-muonana
Reflexive		-jionana

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onana- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-onanaye	-onanao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-onanao	-onanayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-onanalo	-onanayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-onanacho	-onanavyo
n_(IX/X)	-onanayo	-onanazo
u_(XI)	-onanao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-onanako
pa_(XVI)	-onanapo
mu_(XVIII)	-onanamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onana)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yeonana	-oonana
m-mi_(III/IV)	-oonana	-yoonana
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-loonana	-yoonana
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-choonana	-vyoonana
n_(IX/X)	-yoonana	-zoonana
u_(XI)	-oonana	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-koonana
pa_(XVI)	-poonana
mu_(XVIII)	-moonana

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