karabati

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-karabati (infinitive kukarabati)

  1. to renovate
  2. to repair, to refurbish

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -karabati
Positive present -nakarabati
Subjunctive -karabati
Negative -karabati
Imperative singular karabati
Infinitives
Positive kukarabati
Negative kutokarabati
Imperatives
Singular karabati
Plural karabatini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukarabati
Positive past positive subject concord + -likarabati
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukarabati
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakarabati)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakarabati/nakarabati tunakarabati
2nd person unakarabati mnakarabati
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakarabati wanakarabati
other classes positive subject concord + -nakarabati
Negative present (negative subject concord + -karabati)
Singular Plural
1st person sikarabati hatukarabati
2nd person hukarabati hamkarabati
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakarabati hawakarabati
other classes negative subject concord + -karabati
Positive future positive subject concord + -takarabati
Negative future negative subject concord + -takarabati
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -karabati)
Singular Plural
1st person nikarabati tukarabati
2nd person ukarabati mkarabati
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akarabati wakarabati
other classes positive subject concord + -karabati
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikarabati
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekarabati
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekarabati
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikarabati
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikarabati
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akarabati)
Singular Plural
1st person nakarabati twakarabati
2nd person wakarabati mwakarabati
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akarabati wakarabati
m-mi(III/IV) wakarabati yakarabati
ji-ma(V/VI) lakarabati yakarabati
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakarabati vyakarabati
n(IX/X) yakarabati zakarabati
u(XI) wakarabati see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakarabati
pa(XVI) pakarabati
mu(XVIII) mwakarabati
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekarabati
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakarabati
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakarabati
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikarabati
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokarabati
Consecutive kakarabati / positive subject concord + -kakarabati
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakarabati
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikarabati -tukarabati
2nd person -kukarabati -wakarabati/-kukarabatini/-wakarabatini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkarabati -wakarabati
m-mi(III/IV) -ukarabati -ikarabati
ji-ma(V/VI) -likarabati -yakarabati
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikarabati -vikarabati
n(IX/X) -ikarabati -zikarabati
u(XI) -ukarabati see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukarabati
pa(XVI) -pakarabati
mu(XVIII) -mukarabati
Reflexive -jikarabati
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -karabati- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -karabatiye -karabatio
m-mi(III/IV) -karabatio -karabatiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -karabatilo -karabatiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -karabaticho -karabativyo
n(IX/X) -karabatiyo -karabatizo
u(XI) -karabatio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -karabatiko
pa(XVI) -karabatipo
mu(XVIII) -karabatimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -karabati)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekarabati -okarabati
m-mi(III/IV) -okarabati -yokarabati
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokarabati -yokarabati
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokarabati -vyokarabati
n(IX/X) -yokarabati -zokarabati
u(XI) -okarabati see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokarabati
pa(XVI) -pokarabati
mu(XVIII) -mokarabati
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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