karabatiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-karabatiwa (infinitive kukarabatiwa)

1. Passive form of -karabati

Conjugation

Conjugation of -karabatiwa
Positive present -nakarabatiwa Subjunctive -karabatiwe Negative -karabatiwi Imperative singular karabatiwa
Infinitives
Positive kukarabatiwa Negative kutokarabatiwa
Imperatives
Singular karabatiwa Plural karabatiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukarabatiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -likarabatiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukarabatiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakarabatiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakarabatiwa/nakarabatiwa tunakarabatiwa 2nd person unakarabatiwa mnakarabatiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakarabatiwa wanakarabatiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nakarabatiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -karabatiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sikarabatiwi hatukarabatiwi 2nd person hukarabatiwi hamkarabatiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakarabatiwi hawakarabatiwi other classes negative subject concord + -karabatiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takarabatiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -takarabatiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -karabatiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nikarabatiwe tukarabatiwe 2nd person ukarabatiwe mkarabatiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akarabatiwe wakarabatiwe other classes positive subject concord + -karabatiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikarabatiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekarabatiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekarabatiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikarabatiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikarabatiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akarabatiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nakarabatiwa twakarabatiwa 2nd person wakarabatiwa mwakarabatiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akarabatiwa wakarabatiwa m-mi(III/IV) wakarabatiwa yakarabatiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lakarabatiwa yakarabatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakarabatiwa vyakarabatiwa n(IX/X) yakarabatiwa zakarabatiwa u(XI) wakarabatiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakarabatiwa pa(XVI) pakarabatiwa mu(XVIII) mwakarabatiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekarabatiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakarabatiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakarabatiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikarabatiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokarabatiwa Consecutive kakarabatiwa / positive subject concord + -kakarabatiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakarabatiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikarabatiwa -tukarabatiwa 2nd person -kukarabatiwa -wakarabatiwa/-kukarabatiweni/-wakarabatiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkarabatiwa -wakarabatiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ukarabatiwa -ikarabatiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -likarabatiwa -yakarabatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikarabatiwa -vikarabatiwa n(IX/X) -ikarabatiwa -zikarabatiwa u(XI) -ukarabatiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukarabatiwa pa(XVI) -pakarabatiwa mu(XVIII) -mukarabatiwa Reflexive -jikarabatiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -karabatiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -karabatiwaye -karabatiwao m-mi(III/IV) -karabatiwao -karabatiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -karabatiwalo -karabatiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -karabatiwacho -karabatiwavyo n(IX/X) -karabatiwayo -karabatiwazo u(XI) -karabatiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -karabatiwako pa(XVI) -karabatiwapo mu(XVIII) -karabatiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -karabatiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekarabatiwa -okarabatiwa m-mi(III/IV) -okarabatiwa -yokarabatiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokarabatiwa -yokarabatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokarabatiwa -vyokarabatiwa n(IX/X) -yokarabatiwa -zokarabatiwa u(XI) -okarabatiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokarabatiwa pa(XVI) -pokarabatiwa mu(XVIII) -mokarabatiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.