katika

See also: Katika

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

From kati fused with the inflected form of the particle -a used when it was in class 12.

Preposition

katika

  1. in
  2. on; upon
  3. out of
  4. off
  5. among
  6. in the middle of (doing an action)

Verb

-katika (infinitive kukatika)

  1. Stative form of -kata: to be cut
  2. to dance
Conjugation
Conjugation of -katika
Positive present -nakatika
Subjunctive -katike
Negative -katiki
Imperative singular katika
Infinitives
Positive kukatika
Negative kutokatika
Imperatives
Singular katika
Plural katikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukatika
Positive past positive subject concord + -likatika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukatika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakatika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakatika/nakatika tunakatika
2nd person unakatika mnakatika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakatika wanakatika
other classes positive subject concord + -nakatika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -katiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sikatiki hatukatiki
2nd person hukatiki hamkatiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakatiki hawakatiki
other classes negative subject concord + -katiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -takatika
Negative future negative subject concord + -takatika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -katike)
Singular Plural
1st person nikatike tukatike
2nd person ukatike mkatike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akatike wakatike
other classes positive subject concord + -katike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikatike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekatika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekatika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikatika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikatika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akatika)
Singular Plural
1st person nakatika twakatika
2nd person wakatika mwakatika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akatika wakatika
m-mi(III/IV) wakatika yakatika
ji-ma(V/VI) lakatika yakatika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakatika vyakatika
n(IX/X) yakatika zakatika
u(XI) wakatika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakatika
pa(XVI) pakatika
mu(XVIII) mwakatika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekatika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakatika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakatika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikatika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokatika
Consecutive kakatika / positive subject concord + -kakatika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakatike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikatika -tukatika
2nd person -kukatika -wakatika/-kukatikeni/-wakatikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkatika -wakatika
m-mi(III/IV) -ukatika -ikatika
ji-ma(V/VI) -likatika -yakatika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikatika -vikatika
n(IX/X) -ikatika -zikatika
u(XI) -ukatika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukatika
pa(XVI) -pakatika
mu(XVIII) -mukatika
Reflexive -jikatika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -katika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -katikaye -katikao
m-mi(III/IV) -katikao -katikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -katikalo -katikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -katikacho -katikavyo
n(IX/X) -katikayo -katikazo
u(XI) -katikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -katikako
pa(XVI) -katikapo
mu(XVIII) -katikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -katika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekatika -okatika
m-mi(III/IV) -okatika -yokatika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokatika -yokatika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokatika -vyokatika
n(IX/X) -yokatika -zokatika
u(XI) -okatika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokatika
pa(XVI) -pokatika
mu(XVIII) -mokatika
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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