fikira

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فِكْرَة (fikra).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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fikira (n class, plural fikira) or fikira (ma class, plural mafikira)

  1. thought (the state or condition of thinking)
  2. an idea (an individual thought)
    Synonym: gezo
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Verb

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-fikira (infinitive kufikira)

  1. Alternative form of -fikiri

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fikira
Positive present -nafikira
Subjunctive -fikire
Negative -fikiri
Imperative singular fikira
Infinitives
Positive kufikira
Negative kutofikira
Imperatives
Singular fikira
Plural fikireni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufikira
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifikira
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufikira
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafikira)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafikira/nafikira tunafikira
2nd person unafikira mnafikira
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafikira wanafikira
other classes positive subject concord + -nafikira
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fikiri)
Singular Plural
1st person sifikiri hatufikiri
2nd person hufikiri hamfikiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafikiri hawafikiri
other classes negative subject concord + -fikiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafikira
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafikira
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fikire)
Singular Plural
1st person nifikire tufikire
2nd person ufikire mfikire
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afikire wafikire
other classes positive subject concord + -fikire
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifikire
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefikira
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefikira
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifikira
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifikira
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afikira)
Singular Plural
1st person nafikira twafikira
2nd person wafikira mwafikira
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afikira wafikira
m-mi(III/IV) wafikira yafikira
ji-ma(V/VI) lafikira yafikira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafikira vyafikira
n(IX/X) yafikira zafikira
u(XI) wafikira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafikira
pa(XVI) pafikira
mu(XVIII) mwafikira
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefikira
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafikira
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafikira
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifikira
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofikira
Consecutive kafikira / positive subject concord + -kafikira
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafikire
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifikira -tufikira
2nd person -kufikira -wafikira/-kufikireni/-wafikireni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfikira -wafikira
m-mi(III/IV) -ufikira -ifikira
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifikira -yafikira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifikira -vifikira
n(IX/X) -ifikira -zifikira
u(XI) -ufikira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufikira
pa(XVI) -pafikira
mu(XVIII) -mufikira
Reflexive -jifikira
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fikira- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fikiraye -fikirao
m-mi(III/IV) -fikirao -fikirayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fikiralo -fikirayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fikiracho -fikiravyo
n(IX/X) -fikirayo -fikirazo
u(XI) -fikirao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fikirako
pa(XVI) -fikirapo
mu(XVIII) -fikiramo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fikira)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefikira -ofikira
m-mi(III/IV) -ofikira -yofikira
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofikira -yofikira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofikira -vyofikira
n(IX/X) -yofikira -zofikira
u(XI) -ofikira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofikira
pa(XVI) -pofikira
mu(XVIII) -mofikira
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.