fanyia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fanyia (infinitive kufanyia)

1. Applicative form of -fanya

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fanyia
Positive present -nafanyia Subjunctive -fanyie Negative -fanyii Imperative singular fanyia
Infinitives
Positive kufanyia Negative kutofanyia
Imperatives
Singular fanyia Plural fanyieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufanyia Positive past positive subject concord + -lifanyia Negative past negative subject concord + -kufanyia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafanyia) Singular Plural 1st person ninafanyia/nafanyia tunafanyia 2nd person unafanyia mnafanyia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafanyia wanafanyia other classes positive subject concord + -nafanyia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fanyii) Singular Plural 1st person sifanyii hatufanyii 2nd person hufanyii hamfanyii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafanyii hawafanyii other classes negative subject concord + -fanyii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafanyia Negative future negative subject concord + -tafanyia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fanyie) Singular Plural 1st person nifanyie tufanyie 2nd person ufanyie mfanyie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanyie wafanyie other classes positive subject concord + -fanyie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifanyie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefanyia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefanyia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifanyia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifanyia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afanyia) Singular Plural 1st person nafanyia twafanyia 2nd person wafanyia mwafanyia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanyia wafanyia m-mi(III/IV) wafanyia yafanyia ji-ma(V/VI) lafanyia yafanyia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafanyia vyafanyia n(IX/X) yafanyia zafanyia u(XI) wafanyia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafanyia pa(XVI) pafanyia mu(XVIII) mwafanyia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefanyia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafanyia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafanyia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifanyia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofanyia Consecutive kafanyia / positive subject concord + -kafanyia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafanyie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifanyia -tufanyia 2nd person -kufanyia -wafanyia/-kufanyieni/-wafanyieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfanyia -wafanyia m-mi(III/IV) -ufanyia -ifanyia ji-ma(V/VI) -lifanyia -yafanyia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifanyia -vifanyia n(IX/X) -ifanyia -zifanyia u(XI) -ufanyia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufanyia pa(XVI) -pafanyia mu(XVIII) -mufanyia Reflexive -jifanyia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fanyia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fanyiaye -fanyiao m-mi(III/IV) -fanyiao -fanyiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fanyialo -fanyiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fanyiacho -fanyiavyo n(IX/X) -fanyiayo -fanyiazo u(XI) -fanyiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fanyiako pa(XVI) -fanyiapo mu(XVIII) -fanyiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fanyia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefanyia -ofanyia m-mi(III/IV) -ofanyia -yofanyia ji-ma(V/VI) -lofanyia -yofanyia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofanyia -vyofanyia n(IX/X) -yofanyia -zofanyia u(XI) -ofanyia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofanyia pa(XVI) -pofanyia mu(XVIII) -mofanyia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Reciprocal: -fanyiana (“to do for each other”)