tahadhari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحَذَّرَ (taḥaḏḏara).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tahadhari (n class, plural tahadhari)

1. a precaution

Adjective

-tahadhari (declinable)

1. alert (wary, cautious)

Declension

Inflected forms of -tahadhari

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mtahadhari	watahadhari
m-mi class(III/IV)	mtahadhari	mitahadhari
ji-ma class(V/VI)	tahadhari	matahadhari
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kitahadhari	vitahadhari
n class(IX/X)	tahadhari	tahadhari
u class(XI)	mtahadhari	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	patahadhari
ku class(XVII)	kutahadhari
mu class(XVIII)	mutahadhari

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -tahadharisha (“to warn”)

Verb

-tahadhari (infinitive kutahadhari)

1. to be cautious, to be wary

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tahadhari
Positive present -natahadhari Subjunctive -tahadhari Negative -tahadhari Imperative singular tahadhari
Infinitives
Positive kutahadhari Negative kutotahadhari
Imperatives
Singular tahadhari Plural tahadharini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutahadhari Positive past positive subject concord + -litahadhari Negative past negative subject concord + -kutahadhari
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natahadhari) Singular Plural 1st person ninatahadhari/natahadhari tunatahadhari 2nd person unatahadhari mnatahadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatahadhari wanatahadhari other classes positive subject concord + -natahadhari
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tahadhari) Singular Plural 1st person sitahadhari hatutahadhari 2nd person hutahadhari hamtahadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatahadhari hawatahadhari other classes negative subject concord + -tahadhari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatahadhari Negative future negative subject concord + -tatahadhari
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tahadhari) Singular Plural 1st person nitahadhari tutahadhari 2nd person utahadhari mtahadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atahadhari watahadhari other classes positive subject concord + -tahadhari
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitahadhari Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetahadhari Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetahadhari Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitahadhari Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitahadhari
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atahadhari) Singular Plural 1st person natahadhari twatahadhari 2nd person watahadhari mwatahadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atahadhari watahadhari m-mi(III/IV) watahadhari yatahadhari ji-ma(V/VI) latahadhari yatahadhari ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatahadhari vyatahadhari n(IX/X) yatahadhari zatahadhari u(XI) watahadhari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatahadhari pa(XVI) patahadhari mu(XVIII) mwatahadhari
Perfect positive subject concord + -metahadhari "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatahadhari "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatahadhari "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitahadhari "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotahadhari Consecutive katahadhari / positive subject concord + -katahadhari Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katahadhari
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitahadhari -tutahadhari 2nd person -kutahadhari -watahadhari/-kutahadharini/-watahadharini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtahadhari -watahadhari m-mi(III/IV) -utahadhari -itahadhari ji-ma(V/VI) -litahadhari -yatahadhari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitahadhari -vitahadhari n(IX/X) -itahadhari -zitahadhari u(XI) -utahadhari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutahadhari pa(XVI) -patahadhari mu(XVIII) -mutahadhari Reflexive -jitahadhari
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tahadhari- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tahadhariye -tahadhario m-mi(III/IV) -tahadhario -tahadhariyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tahadharilo -tahadhariyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tahadharicho -tahadharivyo n(IX/X) -tahadhariyo -tahadharizo u(XI) -tahadhario see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tahadhariko pa(XVI) -tahadharipo mu(XVIII) -tahadharimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tahadhari) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetahadhari -otahadhari m-mi(III/IV) -otahadhari -yotahadhari ji-ma(V/VI) -lotahadhari -yotahadhari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotahadhari -vyotahadhari n(IX/X) -yotahadhari -zotahadhari u(XI) -otahadhari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotahadhari pa(XVI) -potahadhari mu(XVIII) -motahadhari
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.