Swahili

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Verb

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-dhilika (infinitive kudhilika)

  1. Stative form of -dhili

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -dhilika
Positive present -nadhilika
Subjunctive -dhilike
Negative -dhiliki
Imperative singular dhilika
Infinitives
Positive kudhilika
Negative kutodhilika
Imperatives
Singular dhilika
Plural dhilikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudhilika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidhilika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudhilika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadhilika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadhilika/nadhilika tunadhilika
2nd person unadhilika mnadhilika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadhilika wanadhilika
other classes positive subject concord + -nadhilika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhiliki)
Singular Plural
1st person sidhiliki hatudhiliki
2nd person hudhiliki hamdhiliki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadhiliki hawadhiliki
other classes negative subject concord + -dhiliki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadhilika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadhilika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhilike)
Singular Plural
1st person nidhilike tudhilike
2nd person udhilike mdhilike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhilike wadhilike
other classes positive subject concord + -dhilike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidhilike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedhilika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedhilika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidhilika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidhilika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adhilika)
Singular Plural
1st person nadhilika twadhilika
2nd person wadhilika mwadhilika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adhilika wadhilika
m-mi(III/IV) wadhilika yadhilika
ji-ma(V/VI) ladhilika yadhilika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadhilika vyadhilika
n(IX/X) yadhilika zadhilika
u(XI) wadhilika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadhilika
pa(XVI) padhilika
mu(XVIII) mwadhilika
Perfect positive subject concord + -medhilika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadhilika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadhilika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidhilika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodhilika
Consecutive kadhilika / positive subject concord + -kadhilika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadhilike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidhilika -tudhilika
2nd person -kudhilika -wadhilika/-kudhilikeni/-wadhilikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdhilika -wadhilika
m-mi(III/IV) -udhilika -idhilika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidhilika -yadhilika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidhilika -vidhilika
n(IX/X) -idhilika -zidhilika
u(XI) -udhilika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudhilika
pa(XVI) -padhilika
mu(XVIII) -mudhilika
Reflexive -jidhilika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dhilika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dhilikaye -dhilikao
m-mi(III/IV) -dhilikao -dhilikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dhilikalo -dhilikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dhilikacho -dhilikavyo
n(IX/X) -dhilikayo -dhilikazo
u(XI) -dhilikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dhilikako
pa(XVI) -dhilikapo
mu(XVIII) -dhilikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dhilika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedhilika -odhilika
m-mi(III/IV) -odhilika -yodhilika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodhilika -yodhilika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodhilika -vyodhilika
n(IX/X) -yodhilika -zodhilika
u(XI) -odhilika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodhilika
pa(XVI) -podhilika
mu(XVIII) -modhilika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.