furahisha

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-furahisha (infinitive kufurahisha)

1. Causative form of -furahi: to make happy

Conjugation

Conjugation of -furahisha
Positive present -nafurahisha Subjunctive -furahishe Negative -furahishi Imperative singular furahisha
Infinitives
Positive kufurahisha Negative kutofurahisha
Imperatives
Singular furahisha Plural furahisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufurahisha Positive past positive subject concord + -lifurahisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kufurahisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafurahisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninafurahisha/nafurahisha tunafurahisha 2nd person unafurahisha mnafurahisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafurahisha wanafurahisha other classes positive subject concord + -nafurahisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -furahishi) Singular Plural 1st person sifurahishi hatufurahishi 2nd person hufurahishi hamfurahishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafurahishi hawafurahishi other classes negative subject concord + -furahishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafurahisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tafurahisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -furahishe) Singular Plural 1st person nifurahishe tufurahishe 2nd person ufurahishe mfurahishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afurahishe wafurahishe other classes positive subject concord + -furahishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifurahishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefurahisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefurahisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifurahisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifurahisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afurahisha) Singular Plural 1st person nafurahisha twafurahisha 2nd person wafurahisha mwafurahisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afurahisha wafurahisha m-mi(III/IV) wafurahisha yafurahisha ji-ma(V/VI) lafurahisha yafurahisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafurahisha vyafurahisha n(IX/X) yafurahisha zafurahisha u(XI) wafurahisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafurahisha pa(XVI) pafurahisha mu(XVIII) mwafurahisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefurahisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafurahisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafurahisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifurahisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofurahisha Consecutive kafurahisha / positive subject concord + -kafurahisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafurahishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifurahisha -tufurahisha 2nd person -kufurahisha -wafurahisha/-kufurahisheni/-wafurahisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfurahisha -wafurahisha m-mi(III/IV) -ufurahisha -ifurahisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lifurahisha -yafurahisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifurahisha -vifurahisha n(IX/X) -ifurahisha -zifurahisha u(XI) -ufurahisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufurahisha pa(XVI) -pafurahisha mu(XVIII) -mufurahisha Reflexive -jifurahisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -furahisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -furahishaye -furahishao m-mi(III/IV) -furahishao -furahishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -furahishalo -furahishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -furahishacho -furahishavyo n(IX/X) -furahishayo -furahishazo u(XI) -furahishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -furahishako pa(XVI) -furahishapo mu(XVIII) -furahishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -furahisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefurahisha -ofurahisha m-mi(III/IV) -ofurahisha -yofurahisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lofurahisha -yofurahisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofurahisha -vyofurahisha n(IX/X) -yofurahisha -zofurahisha u(XI) -ofurahisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofurahisha pa(XVI) -pofurahisha mu(XVIII) -mofurahisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.