Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic فَسَّرَ (fassara).
Noun
fasiri (n class, plural fasiri)
- translation
- interpretation, explanation
Verb
-fasiri (infinitive kufasiri)
- to translate
- to interpret, explain
Conjugation
Conjugation of -fasiri
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Positive present
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-nafasiri
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Subjunctive
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-fasiri
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Negative
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-fasiri
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Imperative singular
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fasiri
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hufasiri
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifasiri
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufasiri
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafasiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafasiri/nafasiri
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tunafasiri
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2nd person
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unafasiri
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mnafasiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafasiri
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wanafasiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafasiri
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -fasiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifasiri
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hatufasiri
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2nd person
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hufasiri
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hamfasiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafasiri
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hawafasiri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -fasiri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafasiri
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafasiri
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fasiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifasiri
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tufasiri
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2nd person
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ufasiri
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mfasiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afasiri
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wafasiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -fasiri
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifasiri
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefasiri
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefasiri
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifasiri
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifasiri
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefasiri
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafasiri
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafasiri
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifasiri
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofasiri
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Consecutive
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kafasiri / positive subject concord + -kafasiri
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafasiri
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Derived terms