sababika

Swahili

Verb

-sababika (infinitive kusababika)

1. Stative form of sababu

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sababika
Positive present -nasababika Subjunctive -sababike Negative -sababiki Imperative singular sababika
Infinitives
Positive kusababika Negative kutosababika
Imperatives
Singular sababika Plural sababikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husababika Positive past positive subject concord + -lisababika Negative past negative subject concord + -kusababika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasababika) Singular Plural 1st person ninasababika/nasababika tunasababika 2nd person unasababika mnasababika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasababika wanasababika other classes positive subject concord + -nasababika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sababiki) Singular Plural 1st person sisababiki hatusababiki 2nd person husababiki hamsababiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasababiki hawasababiki other classes negative subject concord + -sababiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasababika Negative future negative subject concord + -tasababika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sababike) Singular Plural 1st person nisababike tusababike 2nd person usababike msababike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asababike wasababike other classes positive subject concord + -sababike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisababike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesababika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesababika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisababika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisababika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asababika) Singular Plural 1st person nasababika twasababika 2nd person wasababika mwasababika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asababika wasababika m-mi(III/IV) wasababika yasababika ji-ma(V/VI) lasababika yasababika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasababika vyasababika n(IX/X) yasababika zasababika u(XI) wasababika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasababika pa(XVI) pasababika mu(XVIII) mwasababika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesababika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasababika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasababika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisababika "If not" positive subject concord + -siposababika Consecutive kasababika / positive subject concord + -kasababika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasababike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisababika -tusababika 2nd person -kusababika -wasababika/-kusababikeni/-wasababikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msababika -wasababika m-mi(III/IV) -usababika -isababika ji-ma(V/VI) -lisababika -yasababika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisababika -visababika n(IX/X) -isababika -zisababika u(XI) -usababika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusababika pa(XVI) -pasababika mu(XVIII) -musababika Reflexive -jisababika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sababika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sababikaye -sababikao m-mi(III/IV) -sababikao -sababikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sababikalo -sababikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sababikacho -sababikavyo n(IX/X) -sababikayo -sababikazo u(XI) -sababikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sababikako pa(XVI) -sababikapo mu(XVIII) -sababikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sababika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesababika -osababika m-mi(III/IV) -osababika -yosababika ji-ma(V/VI) -losababika -yosababika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosababika -vyosababika n(IX/X) -yosababika -zosababika u(XI) -osababika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosababika pa(XVI) -posababika mu(XVIII) -mosababika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.