arifiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-arifiwa (infinitive kuarifiwa)

1. Passive form of -arifu

Conjugation

Conjugation of -arifiwa
Positive present -naarifiwa Subjunctive -arifiwe Negative -arifiwi Imperative singular arifiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuarifiwa Negative kutoarifiwa
Imperatives
Singular arifiwa Plural arifiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huarifiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -liarifiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuarifiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naarifiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaarifiwa/naarifiwa tunaarifiwa 2nd person unaarifiwa mnaarifiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaarifiwa wanaarifiwa other classes positive subject concord + -naarifiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -arifiwi) Singular Plural 1st person siarifiwi hatuarifiwi 2nd person huarifiwi hamwarifiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haarifiwi hawaarifiwi other classes negative subject concord + -arifiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taarifiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -taarifiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -arifiwe) Singular Plural 1st person niarifiwe tuarifiwe 2nd person uarifiwe mwarifiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifiwe waarifiwe other classes positive subject concord + -arifiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siarifiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngearifiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singearifiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliarifiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliarifiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aarifiwa) Singular Plural 1st person naarifiwa twaarifiwa 2nd person waarifiwa mwaarifiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifiwa waarifiwa m-mi(III/IV) waarifiwa yaarifiwa ji-ma(V/VI) laarifiwa yaarifiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaarifiwa vyaarifiwa n(IX/X) yaarifiwa zaarifiwa u(XI) waarifiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaarifiwa pa(XVI) paarifiwa mu(XVIII) mwaarifiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mearifiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaarifiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaarifiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiarifiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoarifiwa Consecutive kaarifiwa / positive subject concord + -kaarifiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaarifiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niarifiwa -tuarifiwa 2nd person -kuarifiwa -waarifiwa/-kuarifiweni/-waarifiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwarifiwa -waarifiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uarifiwa -iarifiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -liarifiwa -yaarifiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiarifiwa -viarifiwa n(IX/X) -iarifiwa -ziarifiwa u(XI) -uarifiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuarifiwa pa(XVI) -paarifiwa mu(XVIII) -muarifiwa Reflexive -jiarifiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -arifiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -arifiwaye -arifiwao m-mi(III/IV) -arifiwao -arifiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -arifiwalo -arifiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -arifiwacho -arifiwavyo n(IX/X) -arifiwayo -arifiwazo u(XI) -arifiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -arifiwako pa(XVI) -arifiwapo mu(XVIII) -arifiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -arifiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yearifiwa -oarifiwa m-mi(III/IV) -oarifiwa -yoarifiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -loarifiwa -yoarifiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choarifiwa -vyoarifiwa n(IX/X) -yoarifiwa -zoarifiwa u(XI) -oarifiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koarifiwa pa(XVI) -poarifiwa mu(XVIII) -moarifiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.