arifu

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-arifu (infinitive kuarifu)

  1. to tell, inform, declare, report, state
  2. to be experienced; educated

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -arifu
Positive present -naarifu
Subjunctive -arifu
Negative -arifu
Imperative singular arifu
Infinitives
Positive kuarifu
Negative kutoarifu
Imperatives
Singular arifu
Plural arifuni
Tensed forms
Habitual huarifu
Positive past positive subject concord + -liarifu
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuarifu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naarifu)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaarifu/naarifu tunaarifu
2nd person unaarifu mnaarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaarifu wanaarifu
other classes positive subject concord + -naarifu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -arifu)
Singular Plural
1st person siarifu hatuarifu
2nd person huarifu hamwarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haarifu hawaarifu
other classes negative subject concord + -arifu
Positive future positive subject concord + -taarifu
Negative future negative subject concord + -taarifu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -arifu)
Singular Plural
1st person niarifu tuarifu
2nd person uarifu mwarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifu waarifu
other classes positive subject concord + -arifu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siarifu
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngearifu
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singearifu
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliarifu
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliarifu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aarifu)
Singular Plural
1st person naarifu twaarifu
2nd person waarifu mwaarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifu waarifu
m-mi(III/IV) waarifu yaarifu
ji-ma(V/VI) laarifu yaarifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaarifu vyaarifu
n(IX/X) yaarifu zaarifu
u(XI) waarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaarifu
pa(XVI) paarifu
mu(XVIII) mwaarifu
Perfect positive subject concord + -mearifu
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaarifu
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaarifu
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiarifu
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoarifu
Consecutive kaarifu / positive subject concord + -kaarifu
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaarifu
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niarifu -tuarifu
2nd person -kuarifu -waarifu/-kuarifuni/-waarifuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwarifu -waarifu
m-mi(III/IV) -uarifu -iarifu
ji-ma(V/VI) -liarifu -yaarifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiarifu -viarifu
n(IX/X) -iarifu -ziarifu
u(XI) -uarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuarifu
pa(XVI) -paarifu
mu(XVIII) -muarifu
Reflexive -jiarifu
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -arifu- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -arifuye -arifuo
m-mi(III/IV) -arifuo -arifuyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -arifulo -arifuyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -arifucho -arifuvyo
n(IX/X) -arifuyo -arifuzo
u(XI) -arifuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -arifuko
pa(XVI) -arifupo
mu(XVIII) -arifumo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -arifu)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yearifu -oarifu
m-mi(III/IV) -oarifu -yoarifu
ji-ma(V/VI) -loarifu -yoarifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choarifu -vyoarifu
n(IX/X) -yoarifu -zoarifu
u(XI) -oarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koarifu
pa(XVI) -poarifu
mu(XVIII) -moarifu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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