kubali

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See also: kubalı

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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Verb

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kubali (verbal noun of the ku class)

  1. infinitive of -bali

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic قَبِلَ (qabila).

Verb

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-kubali (infinitive kukubali)

  1. to accede, acknowledge, agree, admit
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -kubali
Positive present -nakubali
Subjunctive -kubali
Negative -kubali
Imperative singular kubali
Infinitives
Positive kukubali
Negative kutokubali
Imperatives
Singular kubali
Plural kubalini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukubali
Positive past positive subject concord + -likubali
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukubali
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakubali)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakubali/nakubali tunakubali
2nd person unakubali mnakubali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakubali wanakubali
other classes positive subject concord + -nakubali
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kubali)
Singular Plural
1st person sikubali hatukubali
2nd person hukubali hamkubali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakubali hawakubali
other classes negative subject concord + -kubali
Positive future positive subject concord + -takubali
Negative future negative subject concord + -takubali
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kubali)
Singular Plural
1st person nikubali tukubali
2nd person ukubali mkubali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akubali wakubali
other classes positive subject concord + -kubali
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikubali
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekubali
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekubali
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikubali
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikubali
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akubali)
Singular Plural
1st person nakubali twakubali
2nd person wakubali mwakubali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akubali wakubali
m-mi(III/IV) wakubali yakubali
ji-ma(V/VI) lakubali yakubali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakubali vyakubali
n(IX/X) yakubali zakubali
u(XI) wakubali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakubali
pa(XVI) pakubali
mu(XVIII) mwakubali
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekubali
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakubali
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakubali
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikubali
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokubali
Consecutive kakubali / positive subject concord + -kakubali
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakubali
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikubali -tukubali
2nd person -kukubali -wakubali/-kukubalini/-wakubalini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkubali -wakubali
m-mi(III/IV) -ukubali -ikubali
ji-ma(V/VI) -likubali -yakubali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikubali -vikubali
n(IX/X) -ikubali -zikubali
u(XI) -ukubali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukubali
pa(XVI) -pakubali
mu(XVIII) -mukubali
Reflexive -jikubali
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kubali- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kubaliye -kubalio
m-mi(III/IV) -kubalio -kubaliyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kubalilo -kubaliyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kubalicho -kubalivyo
n(IX/X) -kubaliyo -kubalizo
u(XI) -kubalio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kubaliko
pa(XVI) -kubalipo
mu(XVIII) -kubalimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kubali)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekubali -okubali
m-mi(III/IV) -okubali -yokubali
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokubali -yokubali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokubali -vyokubali
n(IX/X) -yokubali -zokubali
u(XI) -okubali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokubali
pa(XVI) -pokubali
mu(XVIII) -mokubali
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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