-ta-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"
Kikuyu
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Particle
[edit ]-ta-
- (with a class prefix and a verb) without ...ing
- kĩiniĩ gĩtaita ― something upside down without leaking
- Mũndũ ũtathiaga oigaga no nyina ũrugaga wega. ― One who does not travel says only his mother is a good cook.
Further reading
[edit ]- "-ta-" in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 423. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Swahili
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From -taka ("to want"). Doublet of -taka- .
Pronunciation
[edit ]In Kimvita, the pronunciation becomes /t̪hɑ/ when preceded by n- .
Infix
[edit ]-ta-
- will, positive and negative future tense marker
- Near-synonym: -taka- ("relative positive future tense marker")
- watakwenda ― they will go
- sitakisoma ― I will not read it
Conjugation
[edit ]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ni ta- | tu ta- | |
| 2nd person | u ta- | m ta- | |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) | a ta- | wa ta- |
| m-mi(III/IV) | u ta- | i ta- | |
| ji-ma(V/VI) | li ta- | ya ta- | |
| ki-vi(VII/VIII) | ki ta- | vi ta- | |
| n(IX/X) | i ta- | zi ta- | |
| u(XI) | u ta- | see n(X) or ma(VI) | |
| ku(XV/XVII) | ku ta- | ||
| pa(XVI) | pa ta- | ||
| mu(XVIII) | m ta- | ||
For more information, see Appendix:Swahili verbs.
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | si ta- | hatu ta- | |
| 2nd person | hu ta- | ham ta- | |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) | ha ta- | hawa ta- |
| m-mi(III/IV) | hau ta- | hai ta- | |
| ji-ma(V/VI) | hali ta- | haya ta- | |
| ki-vi(VII/VIII) | haki ta- | havi ta- | |
| n(IX/X) | hai ta- | hazi ta- | |
| u(XI) | hau ta- | see n(X) or ma(VI) | |
| ku(XV/XVII) | haku ta- | ||
| pa(XVI) | hapa ta- | ||
| mu(XVIII) | ham ta- | ||
For more information, see Appendix:Swahili verbs.
See also
[edit ]Swahili TAM markers
- Initial
- Final
- Infix position positive subject concord
- Positive past: -li-
- Positive present: -na-
- Positive future: -ta-
- Negative subjunctive: -si- 1
- Positive present conditional: -nge-
- Negative present conditional: -singe-
- Positive past conditional: -ngali-
- Negative past conditional: -singali-
- Gnomic: -a- 1
- Perfect: -me-
- "Already" past: -lisha-
- "Already" present: -mesha- /-sha-
- "If/When": -ki- 1
- "If not": -sipo-
- Consecutive: -ka- 1
- "Even if/Though": -nga- 1 (dated)
- Infix position negative subject concord
- Relative
1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku- /-kw- in monosyllabic verbs.
Tooro
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Potential cognate with Kikuyu -ta- (""without" infix"), Herero -ha- ("negative infinitive infix"), Kwanyama -ha- ("negative infinitive infix") and Chichewa -sa- ("negative infinitive infix").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Infix
[edit ]-ta-
- negative marker:
- negative relative marker
- negative infinitive marker
- negative subjunctive marker
- (with suffix -e ) negative remote past marker
Usage notes
[edit ]ti- is used for all other negative tense–aspect–mood constructions.
References
[edit ]Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=-ta-&oldid=89273537"
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