fahamiwa

Swahili

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Verb

-fahamiwa (infinitive kufahamiwa)

1. Passive form of -fahamu

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fahamiwa
Positive present -nafahamiwa Subjunctive -fahamiwe Negative -fahamiwi Imperative singular fahamiwa
Infinitives
Positive kufahamiwa Negative kutofahamiwa
Imperatives
Singular fahamiwa Plural fahamiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufahamiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lifahamiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kufahamiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafahamiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninafahamiwa/nafahamiwa tunafahamiwa 2nd person unafahamiwa mnafahamiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafahamiwa wanafahamiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nafahamiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fahamiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sifahamiwi hatufahamiwi 2nd person hufahamiwi hamfahamiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafahamiwi hawafahamiwi other classes negative subject concord + -fahamiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafahamiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tafahamiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fahamiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nifahamiwe tufahamiwe 2nd person ufahamiwe mfahamiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afahamiwe wafahamiwe other classes positive subject concord + -fahamiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifahamiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefahamiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefahamiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifahamiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifahamiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afahamiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nafahamiwa twafahamiwa 2nd person wafahamiwa mwafahamiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afahamiwa wafahamiwa m-mi(III/IV) wafahamiwa yafahamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lafahamiwa yafahamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafahamiwa vyafahamiwa n(IX/X) yafahamiwa zafahamiwa u(XI) wafahamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafahamiwa pa(XVI) pafahamiwa mu(XVIII) mwafahamiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefahamiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafahamiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafahamiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifahamiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofahamiwa Consecutive kafahamiwa / positive subject concord + -kafahamiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafahamiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifahamiwa -tufahamiwa 2nd person -kufahamiwa -wafahamiwa/-kufahamiweni/-wafahamiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfahamiwa -wafahamiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ufahamiwa -ifahamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lifahamiwa -yafahamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifahamiwa -vifahamiwa n(IX/X) -ifahamiwa -zifahamiwa u(XI) -ufahamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufahamiwa pa(XVI) -pafahamiwa mu(XVIII) -mufahamiwa Reflexive -jifahamiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fahamiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fahamiwaye -fahamiwao m-mi(III/IV) -fahamiwao -fahamiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fahamiwalo -fahamiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fahamiwacho -fahamiwavyo n(IX/X) -fahamiwayo -fahamiwazo u(XI) -fahamiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fahamiwako pa(XVI) -fahamiwapo mu(XVIII) -fahamiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fahamiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefahamiwa -ofahamiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ofahamiwa -yofahamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lofahamiwa -yofahamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofahamiwa -vyofahamiwa n(IX/X) -yofahamiwa -zofahamiwa u(XI) -ofahamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofahamiwa pa(XVI) -pofahamiwa mu(XVIII) -mofahamiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.