Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-fuatilia (infinitive kufuatilia)

  1. Applicative form of -fuata: to investigate or pursue carefully

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fuatilia
Positive present -nafuatilia
Subjunctive -fuatilie
Negative -fuatilii
Imperative singular fuatilia
Infinitives
Positive kufuatilia
Negative kutofuatilia
Imperatives
Singular fuatilia
Plural fuatilieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufuatilia
Positive past positive subject concord -lifuatilia
Negative past negative subject concord -kufuatilia
Positive present (positive subject concord -nafuatilia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafuatilia/nafuatilia tunafuatilia
2nd person unafuatilia mnafuatilia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafuatilia wanafuatilia
other classes positive subject concord -nafuatilia
Negative present (negative subject concord -fuatilii)
Singular Plural
1st person sifuatilii hatufuatilii
2nd person hufuatilii hamfuatilii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafuatilii hawafuatilii
other classes negative subject concord -fuatilii
Positive future positive subject concord -tafuatilia
Negative future negative subject concord -tafuatilia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord -fuatilie)
Singular Plural
1st person nifuatilie tufuatilie
2nd person ufuatilie mfuatilie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuatilie wafuatilie
other classes positive subject concord -fuatilie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord -sifuatilie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord -ngefuatilia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord -singefuatilia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord -ngalifuatilia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord -singalifuatilia
Gnomic (positive subject concord -afuatilia)
Singular Plural
1st person nafuatilia twafuatilia
2nd person wafuatilia mwafuatilia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuatilia wafuatilia
m-mi(III/IV) wafuatilia yafuatilia
ji-ma(V/VI) lafuatilia yafuatilia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafuatilia vyafuatilia
n(IX/X) yafuatilia zafuatilia
u(XI) wafuatilia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafuatilia
pa(XVI) pafuatilia
mu(XVIII) mwafuatilia
Perfect positive subject concord -mefuatilia
"Already" positive subject concord -meshafuatilia
"Not yet" negative subject concord -jafuatilia
"If/When" positive subject concord -kifuatilia
"If not" positive subject concord -sipofuatilia
Consecutive kafuatilia / positive subject concord -kafuatilia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord -kafuatilie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifuatilia -tufuatilia
2nd person -kufuatilia -wafuatilia/-kufuatilieni/-wafuatilieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfuatilia -wafuatilia
m-mi(III/IV) -ufuatilia -ifuatilia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifuatilia -yafuatilia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifuatilia -vifuatilia
n(IX/X) -ifuatilia -zifuatilia
u(XI) -ufuatilia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufuatilia
pa(XVI) -pafuatilia
mu(XVIII) -mufuatilia
Reflexive -jifuatilia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord (object concord) -fuatilia- relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fuatiliaye -fuatiliao
m-mi(III/IV) -fuatiliao -fuatiliayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fuatilialo -fuatiliayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fuatiliacho -fuatiliavyo
n(IX/X) -fuatiliayo -fuatiliazo
u(XI) -fuatiliao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fuatiliako
pa(XVI) -fuatiliapo
mu(XVIII) -fuatiliamo
Other forms (subject concord tense marker relative marker (object concord) -fuatilia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefuatilia -ofuatilia
m-mi(III/IV) -ofuatilia -yofuatilia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofuatilia -yofuatilia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofuatilia -vyofuatilia
n(IX/X) -yofuatilia -zofuatilia
u(XI) -ofuatilia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofuatilia
pa(XVI) -pofuatilia
mu(XVIII) -mofuatilia
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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