hifadhiwa

Swahili

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Verb

-hifadhiwa (infinitive kuhifadhiwa)

1. Passive form of -hifadhi

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hifadhiwa
Positive present -nahifadhiwa Subjunctive -hifadhiwe Negative -hifadhiwi Imperative singular hifadhiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuhifadhiwa Negative kutohifadhiwa
Imperatives
Singular hifadhiwa Plural hifadhiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huhifadhiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lihifadhiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhifadhiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahifadhiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninahifadhiwa/nahifadhiwa tunahifadhiwa 2nd person unahifadhiwa mnahifadhiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahifadhiwa wanahifadhiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nahifadhiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hifadhiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sihifadhiwi hatuhifadhiwi 2nd person huhifadhiwi hamhifadhiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahifadhiwi hawahifadhiwi other classes negative subject concord + -hifadhiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahifadhiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tahifadhiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hifadhiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nihifadhiwe tuhifadhiwe 2nd person uhifadhiwe mhifadhiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahifadhiwe wahifadhiwe other classes positive subject concord + -hifadhiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihifadhiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehifadhiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehifadhiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihifadhiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihifadhiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahifadhiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nahifadhiwa twahifadhiwa 2nd person wahifadhiwa mwahifadhiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahifadhiwa wahifadhiwa m-mi(III/IV) wahifadhiwa yahifadhiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lahifadhiwa yahifadhiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahifadhiwa vyahifadhiwa n(IX/X) yahifadhiwa zahifadhiwa u(XI) wahifadhiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahifadhiwa pa(XVI) pahifadhiwa mu(XVIII) mwahifadhiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehifadhiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahifadhiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahifadhiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihifadhiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohifadhiwa Consecutive kahifadhiwa / positive subject concord + -kahifadhiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahifadhiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihifadhiwa -tuhifadhiwa 2nd person -kuhifadhiwa -wahifadhiwa/-kuhifadhiweni/-wahifadhiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhifadhiwa -wahifadhiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uhifadhiwa -ihifadhiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lihifadhiwa -yahifadhiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihifadhiwa -vihifadhiwa n(IX/X) -ihifadhiwa -zihifadhiwa u(XI) -uhifadhiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhifadhiwa pa(XVI) -pahifadhiwa mu(XVIII) -muhifadhiwa Reflexive -jihifadhiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hifadhiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hifadhiwaye -hifadhiwao m-mi(III/IV) -hifadhiwao -hifadhiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -hifadhiwalo -hifadhiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hifadhiwacho -hifadhiwavyo n(IX/X) -hifadhiwayo -hifadhiwazo u(XI) -hifadhiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hifadhiwako pa(XVI) -hifadhiwapo mu(XVIII) -hifadhiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hifadhiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehifadhiwa -ohifadhiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ohifadhiwa -yohifadhiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lohifadhiwa -yohifadhiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohifadhiwa -vyohifadhiwa n(IX/X) -yohifadhiwa -zohifadhiwa u(XI) -ohifadhiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohifadhiwa pa(XVI) -pohifadhiwa mu(XVIII) -mohifadhiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.