taarifu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Verb

-taarifu (infinitive kutaarifu)

1. to inform, report

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taarifu
Positive present -nataarifu Subjunctive -taarifu Negative -taarifu Imperative singular taarifu
Infinitives
Positive kutaarifu Negative kutotaarifu
Imperatives
Singular taarifu Plural taarifuni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaarifu Positive past positive subject concord + -litaarifu Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaarifu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataarifu) Singular Plural 1st person ninataarifu/nataarifu tunataarifu 2nd person unataarifu mnataarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataarifu wanataarifu other classes positive subject concord + -nataarifu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taarifu) Singular Plural 1st person sitaarifu hatutaarifu 2nd person hutaarifu hamtaarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataarifu hawataarifu other classes negative subject concord + -taarifu
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataarifu Negative future negative subject concord + -tataarifu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taarifu) Singular Plural 1st person nitaarifu tutaarifu 2nd person utaarifu mtaarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataarifu wataarifu other classes positive subject concord + -taarifu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaarifu Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaarifu Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaarifu Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaarifu Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaarifu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataarifu) Singular Plural 1st person nataarifu twataarifu 2nd person wataarifu mwataarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataarifu wataarifu m-mi(III/IV) wataarifu yataarifu ji-ma(V/VI) lataarifu yataarifu ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataarifu vyataarifu n(IX/X) yataarifu zataarifu u(XI) wataarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataarifu pa(XVI) pataarifu mu(XVIII) mwataarifu
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaarifu "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataarifu "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataarifu "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaarifu "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaarifu Consecutive kataarifu / positive subject concord + -kataarifu Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataarifu
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaarifu -tutaarifu 2nd person -kutaarifu -wataarifu/-kutaarifuni/-wataarifuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaarifu -wataarifu m-mi(III/IV) -utaarifu -itaarifu ji-ma(V/VI) -litaarifu -yataarifu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaarifu -vitaarifu n(IX/X) -itaarifu -zitaarifu u(XI) -utaarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaarifu pa(XVI) -pataarifu mu(XVIII) -mutaarifu Reflexive -jitaarifu
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taarifu- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -taarifuye -taarifuo m-mi(III/IV) -taarifuo -taarifuyo ji-ma(V/VI) -taarifulo -taarifuyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taarifucho -taarifuvyo n(IX/X) -taarifuyo -taarifuzo u(XI) -taarifuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -taarifuko pa(XVI) -taarifupo mu(XVIII) -taarifumo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taarifu) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaarifu -otaarifu m-mi(III/IV) -otaarifu -yotaarifu ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaarifu -yotaarifu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaarifu -vyotaarifu n(IX/X) -yotaarifu -zotaarifu u(XI) -otaarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaarifu pa(XVI) -potaarifu mu(XVIII) -motaarifu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Related terms

• taarifa (“report”)