Swahili

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Verb

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-faidika (infinitive kufaidika)

  1. Stative form of -faidi: to benefit from

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -faidika
Positive present -nafaidika
Subjunctive -faidike
Negative -faidiki
Imperative singular faidika
Infinitives
Positive kufaidika
Negative kutofaidika
Imperatives
Singular faidika
Plural faidikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufaidika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifaidika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufaidika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafaidika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafaidika/nafaidika tunafaidika
2nd person unafaidika mnafaidika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafaidika wanafaidika
other classes positive subject concord + -nafaidika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -faidiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sifaidiki hatufaidiki
2nd person hufaidiki hamfaidiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafaidiki hawafaidiki
other classes negative subject concord + -faidiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafaidika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafaidika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -faidike)
Singular Plural
1st person nifaidike tufaidike
2nd person ufaidike mfaidike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afaidike wafaidike
other classes positive subject concord + -faidike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifaidike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefaidika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefaidika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifaidika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifaidika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afaidika)
Singular Plural
1st person nafaidika twafaidika
2nd person wafaidika mwafaidika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afaidika wafaidika
m-mi(III/IV) wafaidika yafaidika
ji-ma(V/VI) lafaidika yafaidika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafaidika vyafaidika
n(IX/X) yafaidika zafaidika
u(XI) wafaidika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafaidika
pa(XVI) pafaidika
mu(XVIII) mwafaidika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefaidika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafaidika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafaidika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifaidika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofaidika
Consecutive kafaidika / positive subject concord + -kafaidika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafaidike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifaidika -tufaidika
2nd person -kufaidika -wafaidika/-kufaidikeni/-wafaidikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfaidika -wafaidika
m-mi(III/IV) -ufaidika -ifaidika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifaidika -yafaidika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifaidika -vifaidika
n(IX/X) -ifaidika -zifaidika
u(XI) -ufaidika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufaidika
pa(XVI) -pafaidika
mu(XVIII) -mufaidika
Reflexive -jifaidika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -faidika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -faidikaye -faidikao
m-mi(III/IV) -faidikao -faidikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -faidikalo -faidikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -faidikacho -faidikavyo
n(IX/X) -faidikayo -faidikazo
u(XI) -faidikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -faidikako
pa(XVI) -faidikapo
mu(XVIII) -faidikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -faidika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefaidika -ofaidika
m-mi(III/IV) -ofaidika -yofaidika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofaidika -yofaidika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofaidika -vyofaidika
n(IX/X) -yofaidika -zofaidika
u(XI) -ofaidika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofaidika
pa(XVI) -pofaidika
mu(XVIII) -mofaidika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.