fagia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fagia (infinitive kufagia)

1. to sweep
2. to remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fagia
Positive present -nafagia Subjunctive -fagie Negative -fagii Imperative singular fagia
Infinitives
Positive kufagia Negative kutofagia
Imperatives
Singular fagia Plural fagieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufagia Positive past positive subject concord + -lifagia Negative past negative subject concord + -kufagia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafagia) Singular Plural 1st person ninafagia/nafagia tunafagia 2nd person unafagia mnafagia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafagia wanafagia other classes positive subject concord + -nafagia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fagii) Singular Plural 1st person sifagii hatufagii 2nd person hufagii hamfagii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafagii hawafagii other classes negative subject concord + -fagii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafagia Negative future negative subject concord + -tafagia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fagie) Singular Plural 1st person nifagie tufagie 2nd person ufagie mfagie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afagie wafagie other classes positive subject concord + -fagie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifagie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefagia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefagia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifagia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifagia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afagia) Singular Plural 1st person nafagia twafagia 2nd person wafagia mwafagia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afagia wafagia m-mi(III/IV) wafagia yafagia ji-ma(V/VI) lafagia yafagia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafagia vyafagia n(IX/X) yafagia zafagia u(XI) wafagia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafagia pa(XVI) pafagia mu(XVIII) mwafagia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefagia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafagia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafagia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifagia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofagia Consecutive kafagia / positive subject concord + -kafagia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafagie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifagia -tufagia 2nd person -kufagia -wafagia/-kufagieni/-wafagieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfagia -wafagia m-mi(III/IV) -ufagia -ifagia ji-ma(V/VI) -lifagia -yafagia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifagia -vifagia n(IX/X) -ifagia -zifagia u(XI) -ufagia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufagia pa(XVI) -pafagia mu(XVIII) -mufagia Reflexive -jifagia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fagia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fagiaye -fagiao m-mi(III/IV) -fagiao -fagiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fagialo -fagiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fagiacho -fagiavyo n(IX/X) -fagiayo -fagiazo u(XI) -fagiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fagiako pa(XVI) -fagiapo mu(XVIII) -fagiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fagia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefagia -ofagia m-mi(III/IV) -ofagia -yofagia ji-ma(V/VI) -lofagia -yofagia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofagia -vyofagia n(IX/X) -yofagia -zofagia u(XI) -ofagia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofagia pa(XVI) -pofagia mu(XVIII) -mofagia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -fagiwa (“be swept”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mfagiaji (“sweeper”)
  • ufagizi (“sweeping”)