Swahili edit

Etymology edit

From fadhaa +‎ -isha (causative affix).

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

-fadhaisha (infinitive kufadhaisha)

  1. Causative form of fadhaa: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -fadhaisha
Positive present -nafadhaisha
Subjunctive -fadhaishe
Negative -fadhaishi
Imperative singular fadhaisha
Infinitives
Positive kufadhaisha
Negative kutofadhaisha
Imperatives
Singular fadhaisha
Plural fadhaisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufadhaisha
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifadhaisha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufadhaisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafadhaisha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafadhaisha/nafadhaisha tunafadhaisha
2nd person unafadhaisha mnafadhaisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafadhaisha wanafadhaisha
other classes positive subject concord + -nafadhaisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fadhaishi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifadhaishi hatufadhaishi
2nd person hufadhaishi hamfadhaishi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafadhaishi hawafadhaishi
other classes negative subject concord + -fadhaishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafadhaisha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafadhaisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fadhaishe)
Singular Plural
1st person nifadhaishe tufadhaishe
2nd person ufadhaishe mfadhaishe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afadhaishe wafadhaishe
other classes positive subject concord + -fadhaishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifadhaishe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefadhaisha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefadhaisha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifadhaisha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifadhaisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afadhaisha)
Singular Plural
1st person nafadhaisha twafadhaisha
2nd person wafadhaisha mwafadhaisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afadhaisha wafadhaisha
m-mi(III/IV) wafadhaisha yafadhaisha
ji-ma(V/VI) lafadhaisha yafadhaisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafadhaisha vyafadhaisha
n(IX/X) yafadhaisha zafadhaisha
u(XI) wafadhaisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafadhaisha
pa(XVI) pafadhaisha
mu(XVIII) mwafadhaisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefadhaisha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafadhaisha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafadhaisha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifadhaisha
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofadhaisha
Consecutive kafadhaisha / positive subject concord + -kafadhaisha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafadhaishe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifadhaisha -tufadhaisha
2nd person -kufadhaisha -wafadhaisha/-kufadhaisheni/-wafadhaisheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfadhaisha -wafadhaisha
m-mi(III/IV) -ufadhaisha -ifadhaisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifadhaisha -yafadhaisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifadhaisha -vifadhaisha
n(IX/X) -ifadhaisha -zifadhaisha
u(XI) -ufadhaisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufadhaisha
pa(XVI) -pafadhaisha
mu(XVIII) -mufadhaisha
Reflexive -jifadhaisha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fadhaisha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fadhaishaye -fadhaishao
m-mi(III/IV) -fadhaishao -fadhaishayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fadhaishalo -fadhaishayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fadhaishacho -fadhaishavyo
n(IX/X) -fadhaishayo -fadhaishazo
u(XI) -fadhaishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fadhaishako
pa(XVI) -fadhaishapo
mu(XVIII) -fadhaishamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fadhaisha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefadhaisha -ofadhaisha
m-mi(III/IV) -ofadhaisha -yofadhaisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofadhaisha -yofadhaisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofadhaisha -vyofadhaisha
n(IX/X) -yofadhaisha -zofadhaisha
u(XI) -ofadhaisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofadhaisha
pa(XVI) -pofadhaisha
mu(XVIII) -mofadhaisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.