Etymology
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Borrowed from Arabic جَرَّبَ (jarraba).
Pronunciation
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-jaribu (infinitive kujaribu)
- to try, to attempt
- to test
- to experiment
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -jaribu
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Positive present
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-najaribu
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Subjunctive
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-jaribu
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Negative
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-jaribu
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Imperative singular
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jaribu
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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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hujaribu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lijaribu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kujaribu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -najaribu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninajaribu/najaribu
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tunajaribu
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2nd person
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unajaribu
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mnajaribu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anajaribu
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wanajaribu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -najaribu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -jaribu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sijaribu
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hatujaribu
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2nd person
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hujaribu
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hamjaribu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hajaribu
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hawajaribu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -jaribu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tajaribu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tajaribu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jaribu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nijaribu
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tujaribu
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2nd person
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ujaribu
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mjaribu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ajaribu
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wajaribu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -jaribu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sijaribu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngejaribu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singejaribu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalijaribu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalijaribu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mejaribu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshajaribu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jajaribu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kijaribu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipojaribu
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Consecutive
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kajaribu / positive subject concord + -kajaribu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kajaribu
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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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Derived terms
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