tafakari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفَكَّرَ (tafakkara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tafakari (infinitive kutafakari)

1. to think about, ponder, reflect

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tafakari
Positive present -natafakari Subjunctive -tafakari Negative -tafakari Imperative singular tafakari
Infinitives
Positive kutafakari Negative kutotafakari
Imperatives
Singular tafakari Plural tafakarini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutafakari Positive past positive subject concord + -litafakari Negative past negative subject concord + -kutafakari
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafakari) Singular Plural 1st person ninatafakari/natafakari tunatafakari 2nd person unatafakari mnatafakari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatafakari wanatafakari other classes positive subject concord + -natafakari
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafakari) Singular Plural 1st person sitafakari hatutafakari 2nd person hutafakari hamtafakari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatafakari hawatafakari other classes negative subject concord + -tafakari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatafakari Negative future negative subject concord + -tatafakari
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafakari) Singular Plural 1st person nitafakari tutafakari 2nd person utafakari mtafakari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafakari watafakari other classes positive subject concord + -tafakari
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitafakari Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetafakari Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetafakari Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitafakari Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitafakari
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atafakari) Singular Plural 1st person natafakari twatafakari 2nd person watafakari mwatafakari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafakari watafakari m-mi(III/IV) watafakari yatafakari ji-ma(V/VI) latafakari yatafakari ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatafakari vyatafakari n(IX/X) yatafakari zatafakari u(XI) watafakari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatafakari pa(XVI) patafakari mu(XVIII) mwatafakari
Perfect positive subject concord + -metafakari "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatafakari "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatafakari "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitafakari "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotafakari Consecutive katafakari / positive subject concord + -katafakari Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katafakari
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitafakari -tutafakari 2nd person -kutafakari -watafakari/-kutafakarini/-watafakarini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtafakari -watafakari m-mi(III/IV) -utafakari -itafakari ji-ma(V/VI) -litafakari -yatafakari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitafakari -vitafakari n(IX/X) -itafakari -zitafakari u(XI) -utafakari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutafakari pa(XVI) -patafakari mu(XVIII) -mutafakari Reflexive -jitafakari
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafakari- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tafakariye -tafakario m-mi(III/IV) -tafakario -tafakariyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tafakarilo -tafakariyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tafakaricho -tafakarivyo n(IX/X) -tafakariyo -tafakarizo u(XI) -tafakario see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tafakariko pa(XVI) -tafakaripo mu(XVIII) -tafakarimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafakari) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetafakari -otafakari m-mi(III/IV) -otafakari -yotafakari ji-ma(V/VI) -lotafakari -yotafakari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotafakari -vyotafakari n(IX/X) -yotafakari -zotafakari u(XI) -otafakari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotafakari pa(XVI) -potafakari mu(XVIII) -motafakari
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Related terms

• tafakuri (“thought, reflection”)