pakulia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pakulia (infinitive kupakulia)

1. Applicative form of -pakua

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pakulia
Positive present -napakulia Subjunctive -pakulie Negative -pakulii Imperative singular pakulia
Infinitives
Positive kupakulia Negative kutopakulia
Imperatives
Singular pakulia Plural pakulieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupakulia Positive past positive subject concord + -lipakulia Negative past negative subject concord + -kupakulia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napakulia) Singular Plural 1st person ninapakulia/napakulia tunapakulia 2nd person unapakulia mnapakulia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapakulia wanapakulia other classes positive subject concord + -napakulia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pakulii) Singular Plural 1st person sipakulii hatupakulii 2nd person hupakulii hampakulii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapakulii hawapakulii other classes negative subject concord + -pakulii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapakulia Negative future negative subject concord + -tapakulia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pakulie) Singular Plural 1st person nipakulie tupakulie 2nd person upakulie mpakulie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakulie wapakulie other classes positive subject concord + -pakulie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipakulie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepakulia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepakulia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipakulia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipakulia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apakulia) Singular Plural 1st person napakulia twapakulia 2nd person wapakulia mwapakulia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakulia wapakulia m-mi(III/IV) wapakulia yapakulia ji-ma(V/VI) lapakulia yapakulia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapakulia vyapakulia n(IX/X) yapakulia zapakulia u(XI) wapakulia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapakulia pa(XVI) papakulia mu(XVIII) mwapakulia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepakulia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapakulia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japakulia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipakulia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopakulia Consecutive kapakulia / positive subject concord + -kapakulia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapakulie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipakulia -tupakulia 2nd person -kupakulia -wapakulia/-kupakulieni/-wapakulieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpakulia -wapakulia m-mi(III/IV) -upakulia -ipakulia ji-ma(V/VI) -lipakulia -yapakulia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipakulia -vipakulia n(IX/X) -ipakulia -zipakulia u(XI) -upakulia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupakulia pa(XVI) -papakulia mu(XVIII) -mupakulia Reflexive -jipakulia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pakulia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pakuliaye -pakuliao m-mi(III/IV) -pakuliao -pakuliayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pakulialo -pakuliayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pakuliacho -pakuliavyo n(IX/X) -pakuliayo -pakuliazo u(XI) -pakuliao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pakuliako pa(XVI) -pakuliapo mu(XVIII) -pakuliamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pakulia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepakulia -opakulia m-mi(III/IV) -opakulia -yopakulia ji-ma(V/VI) -lopakulia -yopakulia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopakulia -vyopakulia n(IX/X) -yopakulia -zopakulia u(XI) -opakulia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopakulia pa(XVI) -popakulia mu(XVIII) -mopakulia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.