funga (uncountable)
- The fungi of a specific region, habitat, or geological period. This term is equivalent to the concepts of fauna and flora.
- Alternative form of fungee
-funga (infinitive kufunga)
- to close, fasten, lock up
- to tie, tie up
- to jail, lock up
- (sports) to score a goal
- to fast (to abstain from food)
Conjugation of -funga
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Positive present
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-nafunga
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Subjunctive
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-funge
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Negative
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-fungi
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Imperative singular
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funga
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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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hufunga
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifunga
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufunga
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafunga)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafunga/nafunga
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tunafunga
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2nd person
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unafunga
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mnafunga
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafunga
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wanafunga
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafunga
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifungi
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hatufungi
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2nd person
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hufungi
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hamfungi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafungi
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hawafungi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -fungi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafunga
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafunga
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -funge)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifunge
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tufunge
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2nd person
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ufunge
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mfunge
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afunge
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wafunge
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -funge
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifunge
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefunga
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefunga
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifunga
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifunga
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefunga
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafunga
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafunga
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifunga
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofunga
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Consecutive
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kafunga / positive subject concord + -kafunga
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafunge
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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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