Borrowed from Arabic حَوَّلَ (ḥawwala).
-hawili (infinitive kuhawili)
- to transfer
- to change, alter
Conjugation of -hawili
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Positive present
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-nahawili
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Subjunctive
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-hawili
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Negative
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-hawili
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Imperative singular
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hawili
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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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huhawili
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lihawili
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuhawili
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahawili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninahawili/nahawili
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tunahawili
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2nd person
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unahawili
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mnahawili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anahawili
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wanahawili
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nahawili
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -hawili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sihawili
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hatuhawili
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2nd person
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huhawili
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hamhawili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hahawili
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hawahawili
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -hawili
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tahawili
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tahawili
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hawili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nihawili
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tuhawili
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2nd person
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uhawili
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mhawili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ahawili
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wahawili
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -hawili
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sihawili
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngehawili
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singehawili
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalihawili
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalihawili
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mehawili
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshahawili
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jahawili
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kihawili
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipohawili
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Consecutive
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kahawili / positive subject concord + -kahawili
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kahawili
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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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