Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
-dabu (infinitive kudabu)
- to control
- to frighten
- Synonym: -ogofya
Conjugation of -dabu
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Positive present
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-nadabu
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Subjunctive
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-dabu
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Negative
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-dabu
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Imperative singular
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dabu
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hudabu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lidabu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kudabu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadabu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninadabu/nadabu
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tunadabu
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2nd person
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unadabu
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mnadabu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anadabu
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wanadabu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nadabu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -dabu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sidabu
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hatudabu
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2nd person
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hudabu
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hamdabu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hadabu
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hawadabu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -dabu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tadabu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tadabu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dabu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nidabu
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tudabu
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2nd person
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udabu
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mdabu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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adabu
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wadabu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -dabu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sidabu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngedabu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singedabu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalidabu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalidabu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -medabu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshadabu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jadabu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kidabu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipodabu
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Consecutive
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kadabu / positive subject concord + -kadabu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kadabu
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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