tafakari

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَفَكَّرَ (tafakkara).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tafakari (infinitive kutafakari)

  1. to think about, ponder, reflect

Conjugation

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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.
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