Borrowed from Arabic خِيَار (ḵiyār).[1]
hiari (n class, plural hiari)
- choice, discretion; option
-hiari (infinitive kuhiari)
- to choose, prefer
Conjugation of -hiari
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Positive present
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-nahiari
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Subjunctive
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-hiari
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Negative
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-hiari
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Imperative singular
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hiari
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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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huhiari
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lihiari
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuhiari
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahiari)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninahiari/nahiari
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tunahiari
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2nd person
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unahiari
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mnahiari
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anahiari
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wanahiari
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nahiari
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -hiari)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sihiari
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hatuhiari
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2nd person
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huhiari
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hamhiari
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hahiari
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hawahiari
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -hiari
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tahiari
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tahiari
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hiari)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nihiari
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tuhiari
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2nd person
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uhiari
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mhiari
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ahiari
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wahiari
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -hiari
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sihiari
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngehiari
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singehiari
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalihiari
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalihiari
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mehiari
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshahiari
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jahiari
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kihiari
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipohiari
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Consecutive
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kahiari / positive subject concord + -kahiari
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kahiari
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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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- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97 No. 866