pona
- to choose
pona
- then; later
-pona (infinitive kupona)
- to heal, to recover
- to survive
Conjugation of -pona
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Positive present
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-napona
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Subjunctive
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-pone
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Negative
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-poni
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Imperative singular
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pona
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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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hupona
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Positive past
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positive subject concord -lipona
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Negative past
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negative subject concord -kupona
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Positive present (positive subject concord -napona)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninapona/napona
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tunapona
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2nd person
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unapona
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mnapona
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapona
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wanapona
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other classes
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positive subject concord -napona
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Negative present (negative subject concord -poni)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siponi
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hatuponi
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2nd person
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huponi
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hamponi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haponi
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hawaponi
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other classes
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negative subject concord -poni
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Positive future
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positive subject concord -tapona
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Negative future
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negative subject concord -tapona
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord -pone)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nipone
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tupone
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2nd person
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upone
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mpone
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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apone
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wapone
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other classes
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positive subject concord -pone
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord -sipone
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord -ngepona
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord -singepona
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord -ngalipona
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord -singalipona
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Perfect
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positive subject concord -mepona
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"Already"
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positive subject concord -meshapona
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord -japona
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord -kipona
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"If not"
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positive subject concord -sipopona
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Consecutive
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kapona / positive subject concord -kapona
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord -kapone
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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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pona
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