-wa na (infinitive kuwa na)
- to have
- ninalo ― I have it
18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 12:هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ،- Huyui dunia ina ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandamaye?
- This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?
| Conjugation of -wa na (irregular)
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| Gnomic
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-na
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| Subjunctive
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-we na
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| Negative
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-na
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| Imperative singular
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kuwa na
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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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huwa na
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likuwa na
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuwa na
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takuwa na
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takuwa na
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siwe na
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekuwa na
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekuwa na
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikuwa na
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikuwa na
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| Gnomic
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see positive present
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekuwa na
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakuwa na
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jawa na
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiwa na
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokuwa na
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| Consecutive
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kawa na / positive subject concord + -kawa na
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kawe na
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- ^ Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka-. For the present, use general positive.
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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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