(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe from fani, fanaka or -fenya”)
-fanikia (infinitive kufanikia)
- to succeed (in)
Conjugation of -fanikia
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Positive present
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-nafanikia
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Subjunctive
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-fanikie
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Negative
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-fanikii
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Imperative singular
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fanikia
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hufanikia
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifanikia
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufanikia
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafanikia)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafanikia/nafanikia
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tunafanikia
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2nd person
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unafanikia
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mnafanikia
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafanikia
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wanafanikia
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafanikia
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -fanikii)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifanikii
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hatufanikii
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2nd person
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hufanikii
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hamfanikii
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafanikii
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hawafanikii
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -fanikii
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafanikia
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafanikia
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fanikie)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifanikie
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tufanikie
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2nd person
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ufanikie
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mfanikie
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afanikie
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wafanikie
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -fanikie
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifanikie
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefanikia
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefanikia
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifanikia
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifanikia
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefanikia
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafanikia
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafanikia
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifanikia
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofanikia
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Consecutive
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kafanikia / positive subject concord + -kafanikia
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafanikie
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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