Swahili

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Verb

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-fumbia (infinitive kufumbia)

  1. Applicative form of -fumba

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fumbia
Positive present -nafumbia
Subjunctive -fumbie
Negative -fumbii
Imperative singular fumbia
Infinitives
Positive kufumbia
Negative kutofumbia
Imperatives
Singular fumbia
Plural fumbieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufumbia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifumbia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufumbia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafumbia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafumbia/nafumbia tunafumbia
2nd person unafumbia mnafumbia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafumbia wanafumbia
other classes positive subject concord + -nafumbia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fumbii)
Singular Plural
1st person sifumbii hatufumbii
2nd person hufumbii hamfumbii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafumbii hawafumbii
other classes negative subject concord + -fumbii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafumbia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafumbia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fumbie)
Singular Plural
1st person nifumbie tufumbie
2nd person ufumbie mfumbie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afumbie wafumbie
other classes positive subject concord + -fumbie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifumbie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefumbia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefumbia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifumbia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifumbia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afumbia)
Singular Plural
1st person nafumbia twafumbia
2nd person wafumbia mwafumbia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afumbia wafumbia
m-mi(III/IV) wafumbia yafumbia
ji-ma(V/VI) lafumbia yafumbia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafumbia vyafumbia
n(IX/X) yafumbia zafumbia
u(XI) wafumbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafumbia
pa(XVI) pafumbia
mu(XVIII) mwafumbia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefumbia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafumbia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafumbia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifumbia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofumbia
Consecutive kafumbia / positive subject concord + -kafumbia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafumbie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifumbia -tufumbia
2nd person -kufumbia -wafumbia/-kufumbieni/-wafumbieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfumbia -wafumbia
m-mi(III/IV) -ufumbia -ifumbia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifumbia -yafumbia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifumbia -vifumbia
n(IX/X) -ifumbia -zifumbia
u(XI) -ufumbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufumbia
pa(XVI) -pafumbia
mu(XVIII) -mufumbia
Reflexive -jifumbia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fumbia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fumbiaye -fumbiao
m-mi(III/IV) -fumbiao -fumbiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fumbialo -fumbiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fumbiacho -fumbiavyo
n(IX/X) -fumbiayo -fumbiazo
u(XI) -fumbiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fumbiako
pa(XVI) -fumbiapo
mu(XVIII) -fumbiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fumbia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefumbia -ofumbia
m-mi(III/IV) -ofumbia -yofumbia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofumbia -yofumbia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofumbia -vyofumbia
n(IX/X) -yofumbia -zofumbia
u(XI) -ofumbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofumbia
pa(XVI) -pofumbia
mu(XVIII) -mofumbia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.