hitajika

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-hitajika (infinitive kuhitajika)

  1. Stative form of -hitaji: to be needed, to be required

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -hitajika
Positive present -nahitajika
Subjunctive -hitajike
Negative -hitajiki
Imperative singular hitajika
Infinitives
Positive kuhitajika
Negative kutohitajika
Imperatives
Singular hitajika
Plural hitajikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huhitajika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lihitajika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhitajika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahitajika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninahitajika/nahitajika tunahitajika
2nd person unahitajika mnahitajika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahitajika wanahitajika
other classes positive subject concord + -nahitajika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hitajiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sihitajiki hatuhitajiki
2nd person huhitajiki hamhitajiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahitajiki hawahitajiki
other classes negative subject concord + -hitajiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahitajika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tahitajika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hitajike)
Singular Plural
1st person nihitajike tuhitajike
2nd person uhitajike mhitajike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahitajike wahitajike
other classes positive subject concord + -hitajike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihitajike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehitajika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehitajika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihitajika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihitajika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahitajika)
Singular Plural
1st person nahitajika twahitajika
2nd person wahitajika mwahitajika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahitajika wahitajika
m-mi(III/IV) wahitajika yahitajika
ji-ma(V/VI) lahitajika yahitajika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahitajika vyahitajika
n(IX/X) yahitajika zahitajika
u(XI) wahitajika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwahitajika
pa(XVI) pahitajika
mu(XVIII) mwahitajika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehitajika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshahitajika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahitajika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kihitajika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipohitajika
Consecutive kahitajika / positive subject concord + -kahitajika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahitajike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nihitajika -tuhitajika
2nd person -kuhitajika -wahitajika/-kuhitajikeni/-wahitajikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhitajika -wahitajika
m-mi(III/IV) -uhitajika -ihitajika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lihitajika -yahitajika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihitajika -vihitajika
n(IX/X) -ihitajika -zihitajika
u(XI) -uhitajika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuhitajika
pa(XVI) -pahitajika
mu(XVIII) -muhitajika
Reflexive -jihitajika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hitajika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -hitajikaye -hitajikao
m-mi(III/IV) -hitajikao -hitajikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -hitajikalo -hitajikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hitajikacho -hitajikavyo
n(IX/X) -hitajikayo -hitajikazo
u(XI) -hitajikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -hitajikako
pa(XVI) -hitajikapo
mu(XVIII) -hitajikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hitajika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yehitajika -ohitajika
m-mi(III/IV) -ohitajika -yohitajika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lohitajika -yohitajika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohitajika -vyohitajika
n(IX/X) -yohitajika -zohitajika
u(XI) -ohitajika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kohitajika
pa(XVI) -pohitajika
mu(XVIII) -mohitajika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.