Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic أَجَابَ (ʔajāba).
Noun
jibu (ma class, plural majibu)
- answer, reply, response
- Synonym: jawabu
Verb
-jibu (infinitive kujibu)
- to answer, reply, respond
Conjugation
Conjugation of -jibu
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Positive present
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-najibu
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Subjunctive
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-jibu
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Negative
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-jibu
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Imperative singular
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jibu
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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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hujibu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lijibu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kujibu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -najibu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninajibu/najibu
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tunajibu
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2nd person
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unajibu
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mnajibu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anajibu
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wanajibu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -najibu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -jibu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sijibu
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hatujibu
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2nd person
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hujibu
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hamjibu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hajibu
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hawajibu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -jibu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tajibu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tajibu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jibu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nijibu
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tujibu
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2nd person
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ujibu
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mjibu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ajibu
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wajibu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -jibu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sijibu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngejibu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singejibu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalijibu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalijibu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mejibu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshajibu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jajibu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kijibu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipojibu
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Consecutive
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kajibu / positive subject concord + -kajibu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kajibu
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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