karabati

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Verb

-karabati (infinitive kukarabati)

1. to renovate
2. to repair, to refurbish

Conjugation

Conjugation of -karabati
Positive present -nakarabati Subjunctive -karabati Negative -karabati Imperative singular karabati
Infinitives
Positive kukarabati Negative kutokarabati
Imperatives
Singular karabati Plural karabatini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukarabati Positive past positive subject concord + -likarabati Negative past negative subject concord + -kukarabati
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakarabati) Singular Plural 1st person ninakarabati/nakarabati tunakarabati 2nd person unakarabati mnakarabati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakarabati wanakarabati other classes positive subject concord + -nakarabati
Negative present (negative subject concord + -karabati) Singular Plural 1st person sikarabati hatukarabati 2nd person hukarabati hamkarabati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakarabati hawakarabati other classes negative subject concord + -karabati
Positive future positive subject concord + -takarabati Negative future negative subject concord + -takarabati
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -karabati) Singular Plural 1st person nikarabati tukarabati 2nd person ukarabati mkarabati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akarabati wakarabati other classes positive subject concord + -karabati
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikarabati Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekarabati Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekarabati Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikarabati Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikarabati
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akarabati) Singular Plural 1st person nakarabati twakarabati 2nd person wakarabati mwakarabati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akarabati wakarabati m-mi(III/IV) wakarabati yakarabati ji-ma(V/VI) lakarabati yakarabati ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakarabati vyakarabati n(IX/X) yakarabati zakarabati u(XI) wakarabati see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakarabati pa(XVI) pakarabati mu(XVIII) mwakarabati
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekarabati "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakarabati "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakarabati "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikarabati "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokarabati Consecutive kakarabati / positive subject concord + -kakarabati Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakarabati
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikarabati -tukarabati 2nd person -kukarabati -wakarabati/-kukarabatini/-wakarabatini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkarabati -wakarabati m-mi(III/IV) -ukarabati -ikarabati ji-ma(V/VI) -likarabati -yakarabati ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikarabati -vikarabati n(IX/X) -ikarabati -zikarabati u(XI) -ukarabati see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukarabati pa(XVI) -pakarabati mu(XVIII) -mukarabati Reflexive -jikarabati
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -karabati- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -karabatiye -karabatio m-mi(III/IV) -karabatio -karabatiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -karabatilo -karabatiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -karabaticho -karabativyo n(IX/X) -karabatiyo -karabatizo u(XI) -karabatio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -karabatiko pa(XVI) -karabatipo mu(XVIII) -karabatimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -karabati) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekarabati -okarabati m-mi(III/IV) -okarabati -yokarabati ji-ma(V/VI) -lokarabati -yokarabati ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokarabati -vyokarabati n(IX/X) -yokarabati -zokarabati u(XI) -okarabati see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokarabati pa(XVI) -pokarabati mu(XVIII) -mokarabati
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -karabatiwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • ukarabati (“renovation”)