kasimu

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَسَّمَ (qassama).

Verb

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-kasimu (infinitive kukasimu)

  1. to divide

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -kasimu
Positive present -nakasimu
Subjunctive -kasimu
Negative -kasimu
Imperative singular kasimu
Infinitives
Positive kukasimu
Negative kutokasimu
Imperatives
Singular kasimu
Plural kasimuni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukasimu
Positive past positive subject concord + -likasimu
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukasimu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakasimu)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakasimu/nakasimu tunakasimu
2nd person unakasimu mnakasimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakasimu wanakasimu
other classes positive subject concord + -nakasimu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kasimu)
Singular Plural
1st person sikasimu hatukasimu
2nd person hukasimu hamkasimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakasimu hawakasimu
other classes negative subject concord + -kasimu
Positive future positive subject concord + -takasimu
Negative future negative subject concord + -takasimu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kasimu)
Singular Plural
1st person nikasimu tukasimu
2nd person ukasimu mkasimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akasimu wakasimu
other classes positive subject concord + -kasimu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikasimu
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekasimu
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekasimu
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikasimu
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikasimu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akasimu)
Singular Plural
1st person nakasimu twakasimu
2nd person wakasimu mwakasimu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akasimu wakasimu
m-mi(III/IV) wakasimu yakasimu
ji-ma(V/VI) lakasimu yakasimu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakasimu vyakasimu
n(IX/X) yakasimu zakasimu
u(XI) wakasimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakasimu
pa(XVI) pakasimu
mu(XVIII) mwakasimu
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekasimu
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakasimu
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakasimu
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikasimu
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokasimu
Consecutive kakasimu / positive subject concord + -kakasimu
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakasimu
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikasimu -tukasimu
2nd person -kukasimu -wakasimu/-kukasimuni/-wakasimuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkasimu -wakasimu
m-mi(III/IV) -ukasimu -ikasimu
ji-ma(V/VI) -likasimu -yakasimu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikasimu -vikasimu
n(IX/X) -ikasimu -zikasimu
u(XI) -ukasimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukasimu
pa(XVI) -pakasimu
mu(XVIII) -mukasimu
Reflexive -jikasimu
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kasimu- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kasimuye -kasimuo
m-mi(III/IV) -kasimuo -kasimuyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kasimulo -kasimuyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kasimucho -kasimuvyo
n(IX/X) -kasimuyo -kasimuzo
u(XI) -kasimuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kasimuko
pa(XVI) -kasimupo
mu(XVIII) -kasimumo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kasimu)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekasimu -okasimu
m-mi(III/IV) -okasimu -yokasimu
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokasimu -yokasimu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokasimu -vyokasimu
n(IX/X) -yokasimu -zokasimu
u(XI) -okasimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokasimu
pa(XVI) -pokasimu
mu(XVIII) -mokasimu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.