katika

See also: Katika

Swahili

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

katika

-katika (infinitive kukatika)

Conjugation of -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
3rd person	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
3rd person	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
3rd person	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.