jaribiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-jaribiwa (infinitive kujaribiwa)

1. Passive form of -jaribu: to be tested

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jaribiwa
Positive present -najaribiwa Subjunctive -jaribiwe Negative -jaribiwi Imperative singular jaribiwa
Infinitives
Positive kujaribiwa Negative kutojaribiwa
Imperatives
Singular jaribiwa Plural jaribiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hujaribiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lijaribiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kujaribiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najaribiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninajaribiwa/najaribiwa tunajaribiwa 2nd person unajaribiwa mnajaribiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajaribiwa wanajaribiwa other classes positive subject concord + -najaribiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jaribiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sijaribiwi hatujaribiwi 2nd person hujaribiwi hamjaribiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajaribiwi hawajaribiwi other classes negative subject concord + -jaribiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajaribiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tajaribiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jaribiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nijaribiwe tujaribiwe 2nd person ujaribiwe mjaribiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajaribiwe wajaribiwe other classes positive subject concord + -jaribiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijaribiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejaribiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejaribiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijaribiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijaribiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajaribiwa) Singular Plural 1st person najaribiwa twajaribiwa 2nd person wajaribiwa mwajaribiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajaribiwa wajaribiwa m-mi(III/IV) wajaribiwa yajaribiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lajaribiwa yajaribiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajaribiwa vyajaribiwa n(IX/X) yajaribiwa zajaribiwa u(XI) wajaribiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwajaribiwa pa(XVI) pajaribiwa mu(XVIII) mwajaribiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejaribiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshajaribiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajaribiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kijaribiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipojaribiwa Consecutive kajaribiwa / positive subject concord + -kajaribiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajaribiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nijaribiwa -tujaribiwa 2nd person -kujaribiwa -wajaribiwa/-kujaribiweni/-wajaribiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjaribiwa -wajaribiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ujaribiwa -ijaribiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lijaribiwa -yajaribiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijaribiwa -vijaribiwa n(IX/X) -ijaribiwa -zijaribiwa u(XI) -ujaribiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kujaribiwa pa(XVI) -pajaribiwa mu(XVIII) -mujaribiwa Reflexive -jijaribiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jaribiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -jaribiwaye -jaribiwao m-mi(III/IV) -jaribiwao -jaribiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -jaribiwalo -jaribiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jaribiwacho -jaribiwavyo n(IX/X) -jaribiwayo -jaribiwazo u(XI) -jaribiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -jaribiwako pa(XVI) -jaribiwapo mu(XVIII) -jaribiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jaribiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yejaribiwa -ojaribiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ojaribiwa -yojaribiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lojaribiwa -yojaribiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojaribiwa -vyojaribiwa n(IX/X) -yojaribiwa -zojaribiwa u(XI) -ojaribiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kojaribiwa pa(XVI) -pojaribiwa mu(XVIII) -mojaribiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.