Etymology
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Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa).
Pronunciation
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starehe (n class, plural starehe)
- comfort, repose
-starehe (infinitive kustarehe)
- to rest, to be comfortable
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -starehe
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Positive present
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-nastarehe
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Subjunctive
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-starehe
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Negative
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-starehe
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Imperative singular
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starehe
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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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hustarehe
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -listarehe
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kustarehe
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nastarehe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninastarehe/nastarehe
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tunastarehe
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2nd person
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unastarehe
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mnastarehe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anastarehe
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wanastarehe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nastarehe
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -starehe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sistarehe
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hatustarehe
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2nd person
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hustarehe
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hamstarehe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hastarehe
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hawastarehe
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -starehe
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tastarehe
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tastarehe
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -starehe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nistarehe
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tustarehe
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2nd person
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ustarehe
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mstarehe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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astarehe
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wastarehe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -starehe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sistarehe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngestarehe
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singestarehe
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalistarehe
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalistarehe
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mestarehe
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshastarehe
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jastarehe
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kistarehe
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipostarehe
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Consecutive
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kastarehe / positive subject concord + -kastarehe
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kastarehe
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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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References
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- Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127 No. 1137