Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-fikirika (infinitive kufikirika)

  1. Stative form of -fikiri: to be thinkable

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fikirika
Positive present -nafikirika
Subjunctive -fikirike
Negative -fikiriki
Imperative singular fikirika
Infinitives
Positive kufikirika
Negative kutofikirika
Imperatives
Singular fikirika
Plural fikirikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufikirika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifikirika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufikirika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafikirika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafikirika/nafikirika tunafikirika
2nd person unafikirika mnafikirika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafikirika wanafikirika
other classes positive subject concord + -nafikirika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fikiriki)
Singular Plural
1st person sifikiriki hatufikiriki
2nd person hufikiriki hamfikiriki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafikiriki hawafikiriki
other classes negative subject concord + -fikiriki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafikirika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafikirika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fikirike)
Singular Plural
1st person nifikirike tufikirike
2nd person ufikirike mfikirike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afikirike wafikirike
other classes positive subject concord + -fikirike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifikirike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefikirika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefikirika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifikirika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifikirika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afikirika)
Singular Plural
1st person nafikirika twafikirika
2nd person wafikirika mwafikirika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afikirika wafikirika
m-mi(III/IV) wafikirika yafikirika
ji-ma(V/VI) lafikirika yafikirika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafikirika vyafikirika
n(IX/X) yafikirika zafikirika
u(XI) wafikirika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafikirika
pa(XVI) pafikirika
mu(XVIII) mwafikirika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefikirika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafikirika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafikirika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifikirika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofikirika
Consecutive kafikirika / positive subject concord + -kafikirika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafikirike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifikirika -tufikirika
2nd person -kufikirika -wafikirika/-kufikirikeni/-wafikirikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfikirika -wafikirika
m-mi(III/IV) -ufikirika -ifikirika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifikirika -yafikirika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifikirika -vifikirika
n(IX/X) -ifikirika -zifikirika
u(XI) -ufikirika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufikirika
pa(XVI) -pafikirika
mu(XVIII) -mufikirika
Reflexive -jifikirika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fikirika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fikirikaye -fikirikao
m-mi(III/IV) -fikirikao -fikirikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fikirikalo -fikirikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fikirikacho -fikirikavyo
n(IX/X) -fikirikayo -fikirikazo
u(XI) -fikirikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fikirikako
pa(XVI) -fikirikapo
mu(XVIII) -fikirikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fikirika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefikirika -ofikirika
m-mi(III/IV) -ofikirika -yofikirika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofikirika -yofikirika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofikirika -vyofikirika
n(IX/X) -yofikirika -zofikirika
u(XI) -ofikirika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofikirika
pa(XVI) -pofikirika
mu(XVIII) -mofikirika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.