staftahi

Swahili

Etymology

Probably from Arabic اِسْتَفْتَحَ (istaftaḥa, “to start”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

staftahi (n class, plural staftahi)

1. breakfast

   Synonyms: chakula cha asubuhi, (Tanzania) chai, (Tanzania) kifungua kinywa, (Kenya) kiamsha kinywa

Verb

-staftahi (infinitive kustaftahi)

1. to breakfast

   Synonym: -sebeha

Conjugation

Conjugation of -staftahi
Positive present -nastaftahi Subjunctive -staftahi Negative -staftahi Imperative singular staftahi
Infinitives
Positive kustaftahi Negative kutostaftahi
Imperatives
Singular staftahi Plural staftahini
Tensed forms
Habitual hustaftahi Positive past positive subject concord + -listaftahi Negative past negative subject concord + -kustaftahi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nastaftahi) Singular Plural 1st person ninastaftahi/nastaftahi tunastaftahi 2nd person unastaftahi mnastaftahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anastaftahi wanastaftahi other classes positive subject concord + -nastaftahi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -staftahi) Singular Plural 1st person sistaftahi hatustaftahi 2nd person hustaftahi hamstaftahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hastaftahi hawastaftahi other classes negative subject concord + -staftahi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tastaftahi Negative future negative subject concord + -tastaftahi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -staftahi) Singular Plural 1st person nistaftahi tustaftahi 2nd person ustaftahi mstaftahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) astaftahi wastaftahi other classes positive subject concord + -staftahi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sistaftahi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngestaftahi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singestaftahi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalistaftahi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalistaftahi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -astaftahi) Singular Plural 1st person nastaftahi twastaftahi 2nd person wastaftahi mwastaftahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) astaftahi wastaftahi m-mi(III/IV) wastaftahi yastaftahi ji-ma(V/VI) lastaftahi yastaftahi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chastaftahi vyastaftahi n(IX/X) yastaftahi zastaftahi u(XI) wastaftahi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwastaftahi pa(XVI) pastaftahi mu(XVIII) mwastaftahi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mestaftahi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshastaftahi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jastaftahi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kistaftahi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipostaftahi Consecutive kastaftahi / positive subject concord + -kastaftahi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kastaftahi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nistaftahi -tustaftahi 2nd person -kustaftahi -wastaftahi/-kustaftahini/-wastaftahini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mstaftahi -wastaftahi m-mi(III/IV) -ustaftahi -istaftahi ji-ma(V/VI) -listaftahi -yastaftahi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kistaftahi -vistaftahi n(IX/X) -istaftahi -zistaftahi u(XI) -ustaftahi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kustaftahi pa(XVI) -pastaftahi mu(XVIII) -mustaftahi Reflexive -jistaftahi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -staftahi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -staftahiye -staftahio m-mi(III/IV) -staftahio -staftahiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -staftahilo -staftahiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -staftahicho -staftahivyo n(IX/X) -staftahiyo -staftahizo u(XI) -staftahio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -staftahiko pa(XVI) -staftahipo mu(XVIII) -staftahimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -staftahi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yestaftahi -ostaftahi m-mi(III/IV) -ostaftahi -yostaftahi ji-ma(V/VI) -lostaftahi -yostaftahi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chostaftahi -vyostaftahi n(IX/X) -yostaftahi -zostaftahi u(XI) -ostaftahi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kostaftahi pa(XVI) -postaftahi mu(XVIII) -mostaftahi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.