See also: fàsili

Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic فَصَّلَ (faṣṣala), or another formation from the same root.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-fasili (infinitive kufasili)

  1. to explain the meaning of something, to define
  2. to paraphrase or summarize text
  3. to cut cloth to make clothing

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fasili
Positive present -nafasili
Subjunctive -fasili
Negative -fasili
Imperative singular fasili
Infinitives
Positive kufasili
Negative kutofasili
Imperatives
Singular fasili
Plural fasilini
Tensed forms
Habitual hufasili
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifasili
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufasili
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafasili)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafasili/nafasili tunafasili
2nd person unafasili mnafasili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafasili wanafasili
other classes positive subject concord + -nafasili
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fasili)
Singular Plural
1st person sifasili hatufasili
2nd person hufasili hamfasili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafasili hawafasili
other classes negative subject concord + -fasili
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafasili
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafasili
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fasili)
Singular Plural
1st person nifasili tufasili
2nd person ufasili mfasili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afasili wafasili
other classes positive subject concord + -fasili
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifasili
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefasili
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefasili
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifasili
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifasili
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afasili)
Singular Plural
1st person nafasili twafasili
2nd person wafasili mwafasili
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afasili wafasili
m-mi(III/IV) wafasili yafasili
ji-ma(V/VI) lafasili yafasili
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafasili vyafasili
n(IX/X) yafasili zafasili
u(XI) wafasili see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafasili
pa(XVI) pafasili
mu(XVIII) mwafasili
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefasili
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafasili
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafasili
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifasili
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofasili
Consecutive kafasili / positive subject concord + -kafasili
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafasili
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifasili -tufasili
2nd person -kufasili -wafasili/-kufasilini/-wafasilini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfasili -wafasili
m-mi(III/IV) -ufasili -ifasili
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifasili -yafasili
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifasili -vifasili
n(IX/X) -ifasili -zifasili
u(XI) -ufasili see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufasili
pa(XVI) -pafasili
mu(XVIII) -mufasili
Reflexive -jifasili
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fasili- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fasiliye -fasilio
m-mi(III/IV) -fasilio -fasiliyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fasililo -fasiliyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fasilicho -fasilivyo
n(IX/X) -fasiliyo -fasilizo
u(XI) -fasilio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fasiliko
pa(XVI) -fasilipo
mu(XVIII) -fasilimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fasili)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefasili -ofasili
m-mi(III/IV) -ofasili -yofasili
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofasili -yofasili
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofasili -vyofasili
n(IX/X) -yofasili -zofasili
u(XI) -ofasili see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofasili
pa(XVI) -pofasili
mu(XVIII) -mofasili
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.