hoji

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَجَّ (ḥajja).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-hoji (infinitive kuhoji)

  1. to question, interrogate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -hoji
Positive present -nahoji
Subjunctive -hoji
Negative -hoji
Imperative singular hoji
Infinitives
Positive kuhoji
Negative kutohoji
Imperatives
Singular hoji
Plural hojini
Tensed forms
Habitual huhoji
Positive past positive subject concord + -lihoji
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhoji
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahoji)
Singular Plural
1st person ninahoji/nahoji tunahoji
2nd person unahoji mnahoji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahoji wanahoji
other classes positive subject concord + -nahoji
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hoji)
Singular Plural
1st person sihoji hatuhoji
2nd person huhoji hamhoji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahoji hawahoji
other classes negative subject concord + -hoji
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahoji
Negative future negative subject concord + -tahoji
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hoji)
Singular Plural
1st person nihoji tuhoji
2nd person uhoji mhoji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahoji wahoji
other classes positive subject concord + -hoji
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihoji
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehoji
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehoji
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihoji
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihoji
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahoji)
Singular Plural
1st person nahoji twahoji
2nd person wahoji mwahoji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahoji wahoji
m-mi(III/IV) wahoji yahoji
ji-ma(V/VI) lahoji yahoji
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahoji vyahoji
n(IX/X) yahoji zahoji
u(XI) wahoji see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwahoji
pa(XVI) pahoji
mu(XVIII) mwahoji
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehoji
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshahoji
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahoji
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kihoji
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipohoji
Consecutive kahoji / positive subject concord + -kahoji
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahoji
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nihoji -tuhoji
2nd person -kuhoji -wahoji/-kuhojini/-wahojini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhoji -wahoji
m-mi(III/IV) -uhoji -ihoji
ji-ma(V/VI) -lihoji -yahoji
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihoji -vihoji
n(IX/X) -ihoji -zihoji
u(XI) -uhoji see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuhoji
pa(XVI) -pahoji
mu(XVIII) -muhoji
Reflexive -jihoji
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hoji- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -hojiye -hojio
m-mi(III/IV) -hojio -hojiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -hojilo -hojiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hojicho -hojivyo
n(IX/X) -hojiyo -hojizo
u(XI) -hojio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -hojiko
pa(XVI) -hojipo
mu(XVIII) -hojimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hoji)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yehoji -ohoji
m-mi(III/IV) -ohoji -yohoji
ji-ma(V/VI) -lohoji -yohoji
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohoji -vyohoji
n(IX/X) -yohoji -zohoji
u(XI) -ohoji see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kohoji
pa(XVI) -pohoji
mu(XVIII) -mohoji
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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