Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

-fichika (infinitive kufichika)

  1. Stative form of -ficha

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -fichika
Positive present -nafichika
Subjunctive -fichike
Negative -fichiki
Imperative singular fichika
Infinitives
Positive kufichika
Negative kutofichika
Imperatives
Singular fichika
Plural fichikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufichika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifichika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufichika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafichika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafichika/nafichika tunafichika
2nd person unafichika mnafichika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafichika wanafichika
other classes positive subject concord + -nafichika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fichiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sifichiki hatufichiki
2nd person hufichiki hamfichiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafichiki hawafichiki
other classes negative subject concord + -fichiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafichika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafichika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fichike)
Singular Plural
1st person nifichike tufichike
2nd person ufichike mfichike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afichike wafichike
other classes positive subject concord + -fichike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifichike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefichika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefichika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifichika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifichika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afichika)
Singular Plural
1st person nafichika twafichika
2nd person wafichika mwafichika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afichika wafichika
m-mi(III/IV) wafichika yafichika
ji-ma(V/VI) lafichika yafichika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafichika vyafichika
n(IX/X) yafichika zafichika
u(XI) wafichika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafichika
pa(XVI) pafichika
mu(XVIII) mwafichika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefichika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafichika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafichika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifichika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofichika
Consecutive kafichika / positive subject concord + -kafichika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafichike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifichika -tufichika
2nd person -kufichika -wafichika/-kufichikeni/-wafichikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfichika -wafichika
m-mi(III/IV) -ufichika -ifichika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifichika -yafichika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifichika -vifichika
n(IX/X) -ifichika -zifichika
u(XI) -ufichika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufichika
pa(XVI) -pafichika
mu(XVIII) -mufichika
Reflexive -jifichika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fichika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fichikaye -fichikao
m-mi(III/IV) -fichikao -fichikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fichikalo -fichikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fichikacho -fichikavyo
n(IX/X) -fichikayo -fichikazo
u(XI) -fichikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fichikako
pa(XVI) -fichikapo
mu(XVIII) -fichikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fichika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefichika -ofichika
m-mi(III/IV) -ofichika -yofichika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofichika -yofichika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofichika -vyofichika
n(IX/X) -yofichika -zofichika
u(XI) -ofichika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofichika
pa(XVI) -pofichika
mu(XVIII) -mofichika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.