Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-fanyisha (infinitive kufanyisha)

  1. Causative form of -fanya

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fanyisha
Positive present -nafanyisha
Subjunctive -fanyishe
Negative -fanyishi
Imperative singular fanyisha
Infinitives
Positive kufanyisha
Negative kutofanyisha
Imperatives
Singular fanyisha
Plural fanyisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufanyisha
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifanyisha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufanyisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafanyisha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafanyisha/nafanyisha tunafanyisha
2nd person unafanyisha mnafanyisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafanyisha wanafanyisha
other classes positive subject concord + -nafanyisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fanyishi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifanyishi hatufanyishi
2nd person hufanyishi hamfanyishi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafanyishi hawafanyishi
other classes negative subject concord + -fanyishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafanyisha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafanyisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fanyishe)
Singular Plural
1st person nifanyishe tufanyishe
2nd person ufanyishe mfanyishe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanyishe wafanyishe
other classes positive subject concord + -fanyishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifanyishe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefanyisha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefanyisha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifanyisha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifanyisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afanyisha)
Singular Plural
1st person nafanyisha twafanyisha
2nd person wafanyisha mwafanyisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanyisha wafanyisha
m-mi(III/IV) wafanyisha yafanyisha
ji-ma(V/VI) lafanyisha yafanyisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafanyisha vyafanyisha
n(IX/X) yafanyisha zafanyisha
u(XI) wafanyisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafanyisha
pa(XVI) pafanyisha
mu(XVIII) mwafanyisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefanyisha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafanyisha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafanyisha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifanyisha
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofanyisha
Consecutive kafanyisha / positive subject concord + -kafanyisha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafanyishe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifanyisha -tufanyisha
2nd person -kufanyisha -wafanyisha/-kufanyisheni/-wafanyisheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfanyisha -wafanyisha
m-mi(III/IV) -ufanyisha -ifanyisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifanyisha -yafanyisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifanyisha -vifanyisha
n(IX/X) -ifanyisha -zifanyisha
u(XI) -ufanyisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufanyisha
pa(XVI) -pafanyisha
mu(XVIII) -mufanyisha
Reflexive -jifanyisha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fanyisha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fanyishaye -fanyishao
m-mi(III/IV) -fanyishao -fanyishayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fanyishalo -fanyishayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fanyishacho -fanyishavyo
n(IX/X) -fanyishayo -fanyishazo
u(XI) -fanyishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fanyishako
pa(XVI) -fanyishapo
mu(XVIII) -fanyishamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fanyisha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefanyisha -ofanyisha
m-mi(III/IV) -ofanyisha -yofanyisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofanyisha -yofanyisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofanyisha -vyofanyisha
n(IX/X) -yofanyisha -zofanyisha
u(XI) -ofanyisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofanyisha
pa(XVI) -pofanyisha
mu(XVIII) -mofanyisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.