Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَبَّضَ (qabbaḍa).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-kabidhi (infinitive kukabidhi)

  1. to hand over, to entrust to

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -kabidhi
Positive present -nakabidhi
Subjunctive -kabidhi
Negative -kabidhi
Imperative singular kabidhi
Infinitives
Positive kukabidhi
Negative kutokabidhi
Imperatives
Singular kabidhi
Plural kabidhini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukabidhi
Positive past positive subject concord + -likabidhi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukabidhi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakabidhi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakabidhi/nakabidhi tunakabidhi
2nd person unakabidhi mnakabidhi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakabidhi wanakabidhi
other classes positive subject concord + -nakabidhi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kabidhi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikabidhi hatukabidhi
2nd person hukabidhi hamkabidhi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakabidhi hawakabidhi
other classes negative subject concord + -kabidhi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takabidhi
Negative future negative subject concord + -takabidhi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kabidhi)
Singular Plural
1st person nikabidhi tukabidhi
2nd person ukabidhi mkabidhi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akabidhi wakabidhi
other classes positive subject concord + -kabidhi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikabidhi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekabidhi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekabidhi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikabidhi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikabidhi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akabidhi)
Singular Plural
1st person nakabidhi twakabidhi
2nd person wakabidhi mwakabidhi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akabidhi wakabidhi
m-mi(III/IV) wakabidhi yakabidhi
ji-ma(V/VI) lakabidhi yakabidhi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakabidhi vyakabidhi
n(IX/X) yakabidhi zakabidhi
u(XI) wakabidhi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakabidhi
pa(XVI) pakabidhi
mu(XVIII) mwakabidhi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekabidhi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakabidhi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakabidhi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikabidhi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokabidhi
Consecutive kakabidhi / positive subject concord + -kakabidhi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakabidhi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikabidhi -tukabidhi
2nd person -kukabidhi -wakabidhi/-kukabidhini/-wakabidhini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkabidhi -wakabidhi
m-mi(III/IV) -ukabidhi -ikabidhi
ji-ma(V/VI) -likabidhi -yakabidhi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikabidhi -vikabidhi
n(IX/X) -ikabidhi -zikabidhi
u(XI) -ukabidhi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukabidhi
pa(XVI) -pakabidhi
mu(XVIII) -mukabidhi
Reflexive -jikabidhi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kabidhi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kabidhiye -kabidhio
m-mi(III/IV) -kabidhio -kabidhiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kabidhilo -kabidhiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kabidhicho -kabidhivyo
n(IX/X) -kabidhiyo -kabidhizo
u(XI) -kabidhio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kabidhiko
pa(XVI) -kabidhipo
mu(XVIII) -kabidhimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kabidhi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekabidhi -okabidhi
m-mi(III/IV) -okabidhi -yokabidhi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokabidhi -yokabidhi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokabidhi -vyokabidhi
n(IX/X) -yokabidhi -zokabidhi
u(XI) -okabidhi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokabidhi
pa(XVI) -pokabidhi
mu(XVIII) -mokabidhi
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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