sabiki

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَابِق (sābiq).

Verb

-sabiki (infinitive kusabiki)

1. to precede, to go before, to proceed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sabiki
Positive present -nasabiki Subjunctive -sabiki Negative -sabiki Imperative singular sabiki
Infinitives
Positive kusabiki Negative kutosabiki
Imperatives
Singular sabiki Plural sabikini
Tensed forms
Habitual husabiki Positive past positive subject concord + -lisabiki Negative past negative subject concord + -kusabiki
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasabiki) Singular Plural 1st person ninasabiki/nasabiki tunasabiki 2nd person unasabiki mnasabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasabiki wanasabiki other classes positive subject concord + -nasabiki
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sabiki) Singular Plural 1st person sisabiki hatusabiki 2nd person husabiki hamsabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasabiki hawasabiki other classes negative subject concord + -sabiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasabiki Negative future negative subject concord + -tasabiki
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sabiki) Singular Plural 1st person nisabiki tusabiki 2nd person usabiki msabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asabiki wasabiki other classes positive subject concord + -sabiki
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisabiki Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesabiki Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesabiki Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisabiki Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisabiki
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asabiki) Singular Plural 1st person nasabiki twasabiki 2nd person wasabiki mwasabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asabiki wasabiki m-mi(III/IV) wasabiki yasabiki ji-ma(V/VI) lasabiki yasabiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasabiki vyasabiki n(IX/X) yasabiki zasabiki u(XI) wasabiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasabiki pa(XVI) pasabiki mu(XVIII) mwasabiki
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesabiki "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasabiki "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasabiki "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisabiki "If not" positive subject concord + -siposabiki Consecutive kasabiki / positive subject concord + -kasabiki Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasabiki
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisabiki -tusabiki 2nd person -kusabiki -wasabiki/-kusabikini/-wasabikini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msabiki -wasabiki m-mi(III/IV) -usabiki -isabiki ji-ma(V/VI) -lisabiki -yasabiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisabiki -visabiki n(IX/X) -isabiki -zisabiki u(XI) -usabiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusabiki pa(XVI) -pasabiki mu(XVIII) -musabiki Reflexive -jisabiki
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sabiki- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sabikiye -sabikio m-mi(III/IV) -sabikio -sabikiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -sabikilo -sabikiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sabikicho -sabikivyo n(IX/X) -sabikiyo -sabikizo u(XI) -sabikio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sabikiko pa(XVI) -sabikipo mu(XVIII) -sabikimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sabiki) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesabiki -osabiki m-mi(III/IV) -osabiki -yosabiki ji-ma(V/VI) -losabiki -yosabiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosabiki -vyosabiki n(IX/X) -yosabiki -zosabiki u(XI) -osabiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosabiki pa(XVI) -posabiki mu(XVIII) -mosabiki
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.