taabisha

Swahili

Etymology

From taabu (“hardship, distress, misery, trouble”) +‎ -isha (causative affix).

Verb

-taabisha (infinitive kutaabisha)

1. to cause misery or trouble

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taabisha
Positive present -nataabisha Subjunctive -taabishe Negative -taabishi Imperative singular taabisha
Infinitives
Positive kutaabisha Negative kutotaabisha
Imperatives
Singular taabisha Plural taabisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaabisha Positive past positive subject concord + -litaabisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaabisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataabisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninataabisha/nataabisha tunataabisha 2nd person unataabisha mnataabisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataabisha wanataabisha other classes positive subject concord + -nataabisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taabishi) Singular Plural 1st person sitaabishi hatutaabishi 2nd person hutaabishi hamtaabishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataabishi hawataabishi other classes negative subject concord + -taabishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataabisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tataabisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taabishe) Singular Plural 1st person nitaabishe tutaabishe 2nd person utaabishe mtaabishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataabishe wataabishe other classes positive subject concord + -taabishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaabishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaabisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaabisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaabisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaabisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataabisha) Singular Plural 1st person nataabisha twataabisha 2nd person wataabisha mwataabisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataabisha wataabisha m-mi(III/IV) wataabisha yataabisha ji-ma(V/VI) lataabisha yataabisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataabisha vyataabisha n(IX/X) yataabisha zataabisha u(XI) wataabisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataabisha pa(XVI) pataabisha mu(XVIII) mwataabisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaabisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataabisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataabisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaabisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaabisha Consecutive kataabisha / positive subject concord + -kataabisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataabishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaabisha -tutaabisha 2nd person -kutaabisha -wataabisha/-kutaabisheni/-wataabisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaabisha -wataabisha m-mi(III/IV) -utaabisha -itaabisha ji-ma(V/VI) -litaabisha -yataabisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaabisha -vitaabisha n(IX/X) -itaabisha -zitaabisha u(XI) -utaabisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaabisha pa(XVI) -pataabisha mu(XVIII) -mutaabisha Reflexive -jitaabisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taabisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -taabishaye -taabishao m-mi(III/IV) -taabishao -taabishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -taabishalo -taabishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taabishacho -taabishavyo n(IX/X) -taabishayo -taabishazo u(XI) -taabishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -taabishako pa(XVI) -taabishapo mu(XVIII) -taabishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taabisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaabisha -otaabisha m-mi(III/IV) -otaabisha -yotaabisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaabisha -yotaabisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaabisha -vyotaabisha n(IX/X) -yotaabisha -zotaabisha u(XI) -otaabisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaabisha pa(XVI) -potaabisha mu(XVIII) -motaabisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.