filisi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَفْلَسَ (ʔaflasa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Verb

-filisi (infinitive kufilisi)

1. to liquidate
2. to become bankrupt

Conjugation

Conjugation of -filisi
Positive present -nafilisi Subjunctive -filisi Negative -filisi Imperative singular filisi
Infinitives
Positive kufilisi Negative kutofilisi
Imperatives
Singular filisi Plural filisini
Tensed forms
Habitual hufilisi Positive past positive subject concord + -lifilisi Negative past negative subject concord + -kufilisi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafilisi) Singular Plural 1st person ninafilisi/nafilisi tunafilisi 2nd person unafilisi mnafilisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafilisi wanafilisi other classes positive subject concord + -nafilisi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -filisi) Singular Plural 1st person sifilisi hatufilisi 2nd person hufilisi hamfilisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafilisi hawafilisi other classes negative subject concord + -filisi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafilisi Negative future negative subject concord + -tafilisi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -filisi) Singular Plural 1st person nifilisi tufilisi 2nd person ufilisi mfilisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afilisi wafilisi other classes positive subject concord + -filisi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifilisi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefilisi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefilisi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifilisi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifilisi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afilisi) Singular Plural 1st person nafilisi twafilisi 2nd person wafilisi mwafilisi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afilisi wafilisi m-mi(III/IV) wafilisi yafilisi ji-ma(V/VI) lafilisi yafilisi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafilisi vyafilisi n(IX/X) yafilisi zafilisi u(XI) wafilisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafilisi pa(XVI) pafilisi mu(XVIII) mwafilisi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefilisi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafilisi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafilisi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifilisi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofilisi Consecutive kafilisi / positive subject concord + -kafilisi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafilisi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifilisi -tufilisi 2nd person -kufilisi -wafilisi/-kufilisini/-wafilisini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfilisi -wafilisi m-mi(III/IV) -ufilisi -ifilisi ji-ma(V/VI) -lifilisi -yafilisi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifilisi -vifilisi n(IX/X) -ifilisi -zifilisi u(XI) -ufilisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufilisi pa(XVI) -pafilisi mu(XVIII) -mufilisi Reflexive -jifilisi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -filisi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -filisiye -filisio m-mi(III/IV) -filisio -filisiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -filisilo -filisiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -filisicho -filisivyo n(IX/X) -filisiyo -filisizo u(XI) -filisio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -filisiko pa(XVI) -filisipo mu(XVIII) -filisimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -filisi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefilisi -ofilisi m-mi(III/IV) -ofilisi -yofilisi ji-ma(V/VI) -lofilisi -yofilisi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofilisi -vyofilisi n(IX/X) -yofilisi -zofilisi u(XI) -ofilisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofilisi pa(XVI) -pofilisi mu(XVIII) -mofilisi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mfilisi
  • ufilisi