dabika

Swahili

Verb

-dabika (infinitive kudabika)

1. Stative form of -dabu

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dabika
Positive present -nadabika Subjunctive -dabike Negative -dabiki Imperative singular dabika
Infinitives
Positive kudabika Negative kutodabika
Imperatives
Singular dabika Plural dabikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudabika Positive past positive subject concord + -lidabika Negative past negative subject concord + -kudabika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadabika) Singular Plural 1st person ninadabika/nadabika tunadabika 2nd person unadabika mnadabika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadabika wanadabika other classes positive subject concord + -nadabika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dabiki) Singular Plural 1st person sidabiki hatudabiki 2nd person hudabiki hamdabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadabiki hawadabiki other classes negative subject concord + -dabiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadabika Negative future negative subject concord + -tadabika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dabike) Singular Plural 1st person nidabike tudabike 2nd person udabike mdabike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adabike wadabike other classes positive subject concord + -dabike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidabike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedabika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedabika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidabika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidabika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adabika) Singular Plural 1st person nadabika twadabika 2nd person wadabika mwadabika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adabika wadabika m-mi(III/IV) wadabika yadabika ji-ma(V/VI) ladabika yadabika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadabika vyadabika n(IX/X) yadabika zadabika u(XI) wadabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwadabika pa(XVI) padabika mu(XVIII) mwadabika
Perfect positive subject concord + -medabika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshadabika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadabika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kidabika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipodabika Consecutive kadabika / positive subject concord + -kadabika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadabike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nidabika -tudabika 2nd person -kudabika -wadabika/-kudabikeni/-wadabikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdabika -wadabika m-mi(III/IV) -udabika -idabika ji-ma(V/VI) -lidabika -yadabika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidabika -vidabika n(IX/X) -idabika -zidabika u(XI) -udabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kudabika pa(XVI) -padabika mu(XVIII) -mudabika Reflexive -jidabika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dabika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -dabikaye -dabikao m-mi(III/IV) -dabikao -dabikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -dabikalo -dabikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dabikacho -dabikavyo n(IX/X) -dabikayo -dabikazo u(XI) -dabikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -dabikako pa(XVI) -dabikapo mu(XVIII) -dabikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dabika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yedabika -odabika m-mi(III/IV) -odabika -yodabika ji-ma(V/VI) -lodabika -yodabika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodabika -vyodabika n(IX/X) -yodabika -zodabika u(XI) -odabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kodabika pa(XVI) -podabika mu(XVIII) -modabika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.