fadhaika

Swahili

Etymology

From fadhaa +‎ -ika (stative affix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fadhaika (infinitive kufadhaika)

1. Stative form of fadhaa:
   1. (stative) to be confused
   2. (stative) to be troubled

      wamefadhaika ― they are troubled

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fadhaika
Positive present -nafadhaika Subjunctive -fadhaike Negative -fadhaiki Imperative singular fadhaika
Infinitives
Positive kufadhaika Negative kutofadhaika
Imperatives
Singular fadhaika Plural fadhaikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufadhaika Positive past positive subject concord + -lifadhaika Negative past negative subject concord + -kufadhaika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafadhaika) Singular Plural 1st person ninafadhaika/nafadhaika tunafadhaika 2nd person unafadhaika mnafadhaika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafadhaika wanafadhaika other classes positive subject concord + -nafadhaika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fadhaiki) Singular Plural 1st person sifadhaiki hatufadhaiki 2nd person hufadhaiki hamfadhaiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafadhaiki hawafadhaiki other classes negative subject concord + -fadhaiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafadhaika Negative future negative subject concord + -tafadhaika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fadhaike) Singular Plural 1st person nifadhaike tufadhaike 2nd person ufadhaike mfadhaike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afadhaike wafadhaike other classes positive subject concord + -fadhaike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifadhaike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefadhaika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefadhaika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifadhaika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifadhaika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afadhaika) Singular Plural 1st person nafadhaika twafadhaika 2nd person wafadhaika mwafadhaika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afadhaika wafadhaika m-mi(III/IV) wafadhaika yafadhaika ji-ma(V/VI) lafadhaika yafadhaika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafadhaika vyafadhaika n(IX/X) yafadhaika zafadhaika u(XI) wafadhaika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafadhaika pa(XVI) pafadhaika mu(XVIII) mwafadhaika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefadhaika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafadhaika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafadhaika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifadhaika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofadhaika Consecutive kafadhaika / positive subject concord + -kafadhaika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafadhaike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifadhaika -tufadhaika 2nd person -kufadhaika -wafadhaika/-kufadhaikeni/-wafadhaikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfadhaika -wafadhaika m-mi(III/IV) -ufadhaika -ifadhaika ji-ma(V/VI) -lifadhaika -yafadhaika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifadhaika -vifadhaika n(IX/X) -ifadhaika -zifadhaika u(XI) -ufadhaika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufadhaika pa(XVI) -pafadhaika mu(XVIII) -mufadhaika Reflexive -jifadhaika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fadhaika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fadhaikaye -fadhaikao m-mi(III/IV) -fadhaikao -fadhaikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fadhaikalo -fadhaikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fadhaikacho -fadhaikavyo n(IX/X) -fadhaikayo -fadhaikazo u(XI) -fadhaikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fadhaikako pa(XVI) -fadhaikapo mu(XVIII) -fadhaikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fadhaika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefadhaika -ofadhaika m-mi(III/IV) -ofadhaika -yofadhaika ji-ma(V/VI) -lofadhaika -yofadhaika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofadhaika -vyofadhaika n(IX/X) -yofadhaika -zofadhaika u(XI) -ofadhaika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofadhaika pa(XVI) -pofadhaika mu(XVIII) -mofadhaika
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:
  • mfadhaiko (“depression”)