saidia

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَدَ (sāʕada).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-saidia (infinitive kusaidia)

  1. to help, assist, aid
  2. (reflexive, euphemistic) to go to the bathroom

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -saidia
Positive present -nasaidia
Subjunctive -saidie
Negative -saidii
Imperative singular saidia
Infinitives
Positive kusaidia
Negative kutosaidia
Imperatives
Singular saidia
Plural saidieni
Tensed forms
Habitual husaidia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisaidia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusaidia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasaidia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasaidia/nasaidia tunasaidia
2nd person unasaidia mnasaidia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasaidia wanasaidia
other classes positive subject concord + -nasaidia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -saidii)
Singular Plural
1st person sisaidii hatusaidii
2nd person husaidii hamsaidii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasaidii hawasaidii
other classes negative subject concord + -saidii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasaidia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasaidia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -saidie)
Singular Plural
1st person nisaidie tusaidie
2nd person usaidie msaidie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asaidie wasaidie
other classes positive subject concord + -saidie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisaidie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesaidia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesaidia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisaidia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisaidia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asaidia)
Singular Plural
1st person nasaidia twasaidia
2nd person wasaidia mwasaidia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asaidia wasaidia
m-mi(III/IV) wasaidia yasaidia
ji-ma(V/VI) lasaidia yasaidia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasaidia vyasaidia
n(IX/X) yasaidia zasaidia
u(XI) wasaidia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasaidia
pa(XVI) pasaidia
mu(XVIII) mwasaidia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesaidia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasaidia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasaidia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisaidia
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposaidia
Consecutive kasaidia / positive subject concord + -kasaidia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasaidie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisaidia -tusaidia
2nd person -kusaidia -wasaidia/-kusaidieni/-wasaidieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msaidia -wasaidia
m-mi(III/IV) -usaidia -isaidia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisaidia -yasaidia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisaidia -visaidia
n(IX/X) -isaidia -zisaidia
u(XI) -usaidia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusaidia
pa(XVI) -pasaidia
mu(XVIII) -musaidia
Reflexive -jisaidia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -saidia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -saidiaye -saidiao
m-mi(III/IV) -saidiao -saidiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -saidialo -saidiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -saidiacho -saidiavyo
n(IX/X) -saidiayo -saidiazo
u(XI) -saidiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -saidiako
pa(XVI) -saidiapo
mu(XVIII) -saidiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -saidia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesaidia -osaidia
m-mi(III/IV) -osaidia -yosaidia
ji-ma(V/VI) -losaidia -yosaidia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosaidia -vyosaidia
n(IX/X) -yosaidia -zosaidia
u(XI) -osaidia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosaidia
pa(XVI) -posaidia
mu(XVIII) -mosaidia
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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