safiria

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-safiria (infinitive kusafiria)

1. Applicative form of -safiri

Conjugation

Conjugation of -safiria
Positive present -nasafiria Subjunctive -safirie Negative -safirii Imperative singular safiria
Infinitives
Positive kusafiria Negative kutosafiria
Imperatives
Singular safiria Plural safirieni
Tensed forms
Habitual husafiria Positive past positive subject concord + -lisafiria Negative past negative subject concord + -kusafiria
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasafiria) Singular Plural 1st person ninasafiria/nasafiria tunasafiria 2nd person unasafiria mnasafiria 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasafiria wanasafiria other classes positive subject concord + -nasafiria
Negative present (negative subject concord + -safirii) Singular Plural 1st person sisafirii hatusafirii 2nd person husafirii hamsafirii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasafirii hawasafirii other classes negative subject concord + -safirii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasafiria Negative future negative subject concord + -tasafiria
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -safirie) Singular Plural 1st person nisafirie tusafirie 2nd person usafirie msafirie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asafirie wasafirie other classes positive subject concord + -safirie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisafirie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesafiria Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesafiria Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisafiria Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisafiria
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asafiria) Singular Plural 1st person nasafiria twasafiria 2nd person wasafiria mwasafiria 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asafiria wasafiria m-mi(III/IV) wasafiria yasafiria ji-ma(V/VI) lasafiria yasafiria ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasafiria vyasafiria n(IX/X) yasafiria zasafiria u(XI) wasafiria see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasafiria pa(XVI) pasafiria mu(XVIII) mwasafiria
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesafiria "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasafiria "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasafiria "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisafiria "If not" positive subject concord + -siposafiria Consecutive kasafiria / positive subject concord + -kasafiria Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasafirie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisafiria -tusafiria 2nd person -kusafiria -wasafiria/-kusafirieni/-wasafirieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msafiria -wasafiria m-mi(III/IV) -usafiria -isafiria ji-ma(V/VI) -lisafiria -yasafiria ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisafiria -visafiria n(IX/X) -isafiria -zisafiria u(XI) -usafiria see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusafiria pa(XVI) -pasafiria mu(XVIII) -musafiria Reflexive -jisafiria
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -safiria- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -safiriaye -safiriao m-mi(III/IV) -safiriao -safiriayo ji-ma(V/VI) -safirialo -safiriayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -safiriacho -safiriavyo n(IX/X) -safiriayo -safiriazo u(XI) -safiriao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -safiriako pa(XVI) -safiriapo mu(XVIII) -safiriamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -safiria) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesafiria -osafiria m-mi(III/IV) -osafiria -yosafiria ji-ma(V/VI) -losafiria -yosafiria ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosafiria -vyosafiria n(IX/X) -yosafiria -zosafiria u(XI) -osafiria see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosafiria pa(XVI) -posafiria mu(XVIII) -mosafiria
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.