kabiliana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kabiliana (infinitive kukabiliana)

1. Reciprocal form of -kabili: to face one another, to confront one another

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kabiliana
Positive present -nakabiliana Subjunctive -kabiliane Negative -kabiliani Imperative singular kabiliana
Infinitives
Positive kukabiliana Negative kutokabiliana
Imperatives
Singular kabiliana Plural kabilianeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukabiliana Positive past positive subject concord + -likabiliana Negative past negative subject concord + -kukabiliana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakabiliana) Singular Plural 1st person ninakabiliana/nakabiliana tunakabiliana 2nd person unakabiliana mnakabiliana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakabiliana wanakabiliana other classes positive subject concord + -nakabiliana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kabiliani) Singular Plural 1st person sikabiliani hatukabiliani 2nd person hukabiliani hamkabiliani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakabiliani hawakabiliani other classes negative subject concord + -kabiliani
Positive future positive subject concord + -takabiliana Negative future negative subject concord + -takabiliana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kabiliane) Singular Plural 1st person nikabiliane tukabiliane 2nd person ukabiliane mkabiliane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akabiliane wakabiliane other classes positive subject concord + -kabiliane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikabiliane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekabiliana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekabiliana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikabiliana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikabiliana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akabiliana) Singular Plural 1st person nakabiliana twakabiliana 2nd person wakabiliana mwakabiliana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akabiliana wakabiliana m-mi(III/IV) wakabiliana yakabiliana ji-ma(V/VI) lakabiliana yakabiliana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakabiliana vyakabiliana n(IX/X) yakabiliana zakabiliana u(XI) wakabiliana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakabiliana pa(XVI) pakabiliana mu(XVIII) mwakabiliana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekabiliana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakabiliana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakabiliana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikabiliana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokabiliana Consecutive kakabiliana / positive subject concord + -kakabiliana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakabiliane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -kabiliana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kabilianaye -kabilianao m-mi(III/IV) -kabilianao -kabilianayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kabilianalo -kabilianayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kabilianacho -kabilianavyo n(IX/X) -kabilianayo -kabilianazo u(XI) -kabilianao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kabilianako pa(XVI) -kabilianapo mu(XVIII) -kabilianamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kabiliana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekabiliana -okabiliana m-mi(III/IV) -okabiliana -yokabiliana ji-ma(V/VI) -lokabiliana -yokabiliana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokabiliana -vyokabiliana n(IX/X) -yokabiliana -zokabiliana u(XI) -okabiliana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokabiliana pa(XVI) -pokabiliana mu(XVIII) -mokabiliana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.