Borrowed from Arabic شَمَّرَ (šammara).
-shamiri (infinitive kushamiri)
- to flourish, to be widespread
- to put together
- to load a gun
Conjugation of -shamiri
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Positive present
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-nashamiri
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Subjunctive
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-shamiri
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Negative
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-shamiri
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Imperative singular
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shamiri
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hushamiri
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lishamiri
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kushamiri
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nashamiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninashamiri/nashamiri
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tunashamiri
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2nd person
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unashamiri
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mnashamiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anashamiri
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wanashamiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nashamiri
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -shamiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sishamiri
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hatushamiri
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2nd person
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hushamiri
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hamshamiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hashamiri
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hawashamiri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -shamiri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tashamiri
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tashamiri
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shamiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nishamiri
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tushamiri
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2nd person
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ushamiri
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mshamiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ashamiri
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washamiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -shamiri
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sishamiri
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeshamiri
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeshamiri
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalishamiri
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalishamiri
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meshamiri
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshashamiri
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jashamiri
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kishamiri
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposhamiri
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Consecutive
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kashamiri / positive subject concord + -kashamiri
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kashamiri
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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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