arifisha

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-arifisha (infinitive kuarifisha)

1. Causative form of -arifu

Conjugation

Conjugation of -arifisha
Positive present -naarifisha Subjunctive -arifishe Negative -arifishi Imperative singular arifisha
Infinitives
Positive kuarifisha Negative kutoarifisha
Imperatives
Singular arifisha Plural arifisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huarifisha Positive past positive subject concord + -liarifisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuarifisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naarifisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninaarifisha/naarifisha tunaarifisha 2nd person unaarifisha mnaarifisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaarifisha wanaarifisha other classes positive subject concord + -naarifisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -arifishi) Singular Plural 1st person siarifishi hatuarifishi 2nd person huarifishi hamwarifishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haarifishi hawaarifishi other classes negative subject concord + -arifishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taarifisha Negative future negative subject concord + -taarifisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -arifishe) Singular Plural 1st person niarifishe tuarifishe 2nd person uarifishe mwarifishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifishe waarifishe other classes positive subject concord + -arifishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siarifishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngearifisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singearifisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliarifisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliarifisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aarifisha) Singular Plural 1st person naarifisha twaarifisha 2nd person waarifisha mwaarifisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifisha waarifisha m-mi(III/IV) waarifisha yaarifisha ji-ma(V/VI) laarifisha yaarifisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaarifisha vyaarifisha n(IX/X) yaarifisha zaarifisha u(XI) waarifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaarifisha pa(XVI) paarifisha mu(XVIII) mwaarifisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mearifisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaarifisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaarifisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiarifisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoarifisha Consecutive kaarifisha / positive subject concord + -kaarifisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaarifishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niarifisha -tuarifisha 2nd person -kuarifisha -waarifisha/-kuarifisheni/-waarifisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwarifisha -waarifisha m-mi(III/IV) -uarifisha -iarifisha ji-ma(V/VI) -liarifisha -yaarifisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiarifisha -viarifisha n(IX/X) -iarifisha -ziarifisha u(XI) -uarifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuarifisha pa(XVI) -paarifisha mu(XVIII) -muarifisha Reflexive -jiarifisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -arifisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -arifishaye -arifishao m-mi(III/IV) -arifishao -arifishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -arifishalo -arifishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -arifishacho -arifishavyo n(IX/X) -arifishayo -arifishazo u(XI) -arifishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -arifishako pa(XVI) -arifishapo mu(XVIII) -arifishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -arifisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yearifisha -oarifisha m-mi(III/IV) -oarifisha -yoarifisha ji-ma(V/VI) -loarifisha -yoarifisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choarifisha -vyoarifisha n(IX/X) -yoarifisha -zoarifisha u(XI) -oarifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koarifisha pa(XVI) -poarifisha mu(XVIII) -moarifisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.