arifiwa

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-arifiwa (infinitive kuarifiwa)

  1. Passive form of -arifu

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -arifiwa
Positive present -naarifiwa
Subjunctive -arifiwe
Negative -arifiwi
Imperative singular arifiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuarifiwa
Negative kutoarifiwa
Imperatives
Singular arifiwa
Plural arifiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huarifiwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liarifiwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuarifiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naarifiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaarifiwa/naarifiwa tunaarifiwa
2nd person unaarifiwa mnaarifiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaarifiwa wanaarifiwa
other classes positive subject concord + -naarifiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -arifiwi)
Singular Plural
1st person siarifiwi hatuarifiwi
2nd person huarifiwi hamwarifiwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haarifiwi hawaarifiwi
other classes negative subject concord + -arifiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taarifiwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taarifiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -arifiwe)
Singular Plural
1st person niarifiwe tuarifiwe
2nd person uarifiwe mwarifiwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifiwe waarifiwe
other classes positive subject concord + -arifiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siarifiwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngearifiwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singearifiwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliarifiwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliarifiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aarifiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person naarifiwa twaarifiwa
2nd person waarifiwa mwaarifiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifiwa waarifiwa
m-mi(III/IV) waarifiwa yaarifiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) laarifiwa yaarifiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaarifiwa vyaarifiwa
n(IX/X) yaarifiwa zaarifiwa
u(XI) waarifiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaarifiwa
pa(XVI) paarifiwa
mu(XVIII) mwaarifiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mearifiwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaarifiwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaarifiwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiarifiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoarifiwa
Consecutive kaarifiwa / positive subject concord + -kaarifiwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaarifiwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niarifiwa -tuarifiwa
2nd person -kuarifiwa -waarifiwa/-kuarifiweni/-waarifiweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwarifiwa -waarifiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -uarifiwa -iarifiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liarifiwa -yaarifiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiarifiwa -viarifiwa
n(IX/X) -iarifiwa -ziarifiwa
u(XI) -uarifiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuarifiwa
pa(XVI) -paarifiwa
mu(XVIII) -muarifiwa
Reflexive -jiarifiwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -arifiwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -arifiwaye -arifiwao
m-mi(III/IV) -arifiwao -arifiwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -arifiwalo -arifiwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -arifiwacho -arifiwavyo
n(IX/X) -arifiwayo -arifiwazo
u(XI) -arifiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -arifiwako
pa(XVI) -arifiwapo
mu(XVIII) -arifiwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -arifiwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yearifiwa -oarifiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -oarifiwa -yoarifiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loarifiwa -yoarifiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choarifiwa -vyoarifiwa
n(IX/X) -yoarifiwa -zoarifiwa
u(XI) -oarifiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koarifiwa
pa(XVI) -poarifiwa
mu(XVIII) -moarifiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.