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Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

-dhibitiwa (infinitive kudhibitiwa)

  1. Passive form of -dhibiti

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -dhibitiwa
Positive present -nadhibitiwa
Subjunctive -dhibitiwe
Negative -dhibitiwi
Imperative singular dhibitiwa
Infinitives
Positive kudhibitiwa
Negative kutodhibitiwa
Imperatives
Singular dhibitiwa
Plural dhibitiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudhibitiwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidhibitiwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudhibitiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadhibitiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadhibitiwa/nadhibitiwa tunadhibitiwa
2nd person unadhibitiwa mnadhibitiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadhibitiwa wanadhibitiwa
other classes positive subject concord + -nadhibitiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhibitiwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sidhibitiwi hatudhibitiwi
2nd person hudhibitiwi hamdhibitiwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadhibitiwi hawadhibitiwi
other classes negative subject concord + -dhibitiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadhibitiwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadhibitiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhibitiwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nidhibitiwe tudhibitiwe
2nd person udhibitiwe mdhibitiwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhibitiwe wadhibitiwe
other classes positive subject concord + -dhibitiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidhibitiwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedhibitiwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedhibitiwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidhibitiwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidhibitiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adhibitiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person nadhibitiwa twadhibitiwa
2nd person wadhibitiwa mwadhibitiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhibitiwa wadhibitiwa
m-mi(III/IV) wadhibitiwa yadhibitiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) ladhibitiwa yadhibitiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadhibitiwa vyadhibitiwa
n(IX/X) yadhibitiwa zadhibitiwa
u(XI) wadhibitiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadhibitiwa
pa(XVI) padhibitiwa
mu(XVIII) mwadhibitiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -medhibitiwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadhibitiwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadhibitiwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidhibitiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodhibitiwa
Consecutive kadhibitiwa / positive subject concord + -kadhibitiwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadhibitiwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidhibitiwa -tudhibitiwa
2nd person -kudhibitiwa -wadhibitiwa/-kudhibitiweni/-wadhibitiweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdhibitiwa -wadhibitiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -udhibitiwa -idhibitiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidhibitiwa -yadhibitiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidhibitiwa -vidhibitiwa
n(IX/X) -idhibitiwa -zidhibitiwa
u(XI) -udhibitiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudhibitiwa
pa(XVI) -padhibitiwa
mu(XVIII) -mudhibitiwa
Reflexive -jidhibitiwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dhibitiwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dhibitiwaye -dhibitiwao
m-mi(III/IV) -dhibitiwao -dhibitiwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dhibitiwalo -dhibitiwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dhibitiwacho -dhibitiwavyo
n(IX/X) -dhibitiwayo -dhibitiwazo
u(XI) -dhibitiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dhibitiwako
pa(XVI) -dhibitiwapo
mu(XVIII) -dhibitiwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dhibitiwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedhibitiwa -odhibitiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -odhibitiwa -yodhibitiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodhibitiwa -yodhibitiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodhibitiwa -vyodhibitiwa
n(IX/X) -yodhibitiwa -zodhibitiwa
u(XI) -odhibitiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodhibitiwa
pa(XVI) -podhibitiwa
mu(XVIII) -modhibitiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.