taifisha

Swahili

Etymology

From taifa (“nation”) +‎ -isha (causative affix)

Pronunciation

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Verb

-taifisha (infinitive kutaifisha)

1. to nationalize

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taifisha
Positive present -nataifisha Subjunctive -taifishe Negative -taifishi Imperative singular taifisha
Infinitives
Positive kutaifisha Negative kutotaifisha
Imperatives
Singular taifisha Plural taifisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaifisha Positive past positive subject concord + -litaifisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaifisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataifisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninataifisha/nataifisha tunataifisha 2nd person unataifisha mnataifisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataifisha wanataifisha other classes positive subject concord + -nataifisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taifishi) Singular Plural 1st person sitaifishi hatutaifishi 2nd person hutaifishi hamtaifishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataifishi hawataifishi other classes negative subject concord + -taifishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataifisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tataifisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taifishe) Singular Plural 1st person nitaifishe tutaifishe 2nd person utaifishe mtaifishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataifishe wataifishe other classes positive subject concord + -taifishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaifishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaifisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaifisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaifisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaifisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataifisha) Singular Plural 1st person nataifisha twataifisha 2nd person wataifisha mwataifisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataifisha wataifisha m-mi(III/IV) wataifisha yataifisha ji-ma(V/VI) lataifisha yataifisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataifisha vyataifisha n(IX/X) yataifisha zataifisha u(XI) wataifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataifisha pa(XVI) pataifisha mu(XVIII) mwataifisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaifisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataifisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataifisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaifisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaifisha Consecutive kataifisha / positive subject concord + -kataifisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataifishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaifisha -tutaifisha 2nd person -kutaifisha -wataifisha/-kutaifisheni/-wataifisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaifisha -wataifisha m-mi(III/IV) -utaifisha -itaifisha ji-ma(V/VI) -litaifisha -yataifisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaifisha -vitaifisha n(IX/X) -itaifisha -zitaifisha u(XI) -utaifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaifisha pa(XVI) -pataifisha mu(XVIII) -mutaifisha Reflexive -jitaifisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taifisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -taifishaye -taifishao m-mi(III/IV) -taifishao -taifishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -taifishalo -taifishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taifishacho -taifishavyo n(IX/X) -taifishayo -taifishazo u(XI) -taifishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -taifishako pa(XVI) -taifishapo mu(XVIII) -taifishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taifisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaifisha -otaifisha m-mi(III/IV) -otaifisha -yotaifisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaifisha -yotaifisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaifisha -vyotaifisha n(IX/X) -yotaifisha -zotaifisha u(XI) -otaifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaifisha pa(XVI) -potaifisha mu(XVIII) -motaifisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.