From Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “explanation, commentary”).
tafsiri (n class, plural tafsiri)
- translation
- interpretation, explanation
-tafsiri (infinitive kutafsiri)
- to translate
- to explain
Conjugation of -tafsiri
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Positive present
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-natafsiri
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Subjunctive
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-tafsiri
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Negative
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-tafsiri
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Imperative singular
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tafsiri
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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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hutafsiri
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litafsiri
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutafsiri
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafsiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatafsiri/natafsiri
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tunatafsiri
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2nd person
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unatafsiri
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mnatafsiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatafsiri
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wanatafsiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natafsiri
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafsiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitafsiri
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hatutafsiri
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2nd person
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hutafsiri
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hamtafsiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatafsiri
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hawatafsiri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tafsiri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatafsiri
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatafsiri
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafsiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitafsiri
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tutafsiri
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2nd person
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utafsiri
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mtafsiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atafsiri
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watafsiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tafsiri
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitafsiri
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetafsiri
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetafsiri
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitafsiri
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitafsiri
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metafsiri
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatafsiri
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatafsiri
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitafsiri
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotafsiri
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Consecutive
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katafsiri / positive subject concord + -katafsiri
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katafsiri
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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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- Mpemba, Titus (2015) “On Defining Interpreting and Translation: An Ordinary Language and Terminological Analysis of the Current Meanings of Kiswahili Terms Ukalimani and Tafsiri”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education[1], volume 9, number 1, pages 37-59