Swahili [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium . Particularly: “probably a causative of shuruti”)
Pronunciation [ edit ]
-shurutisha (infinitive kushurutisha )
to force , compel
Conjugation [ edit ]
Conjugation of -shurutisha
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hushurutisha
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li shurutisha
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku shurutisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na shurutisha)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nashurutisha/na shurutisha
tu nashurutisha
2nd person
u nashurutisha
m nashurutisha
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nashurutisha
wa nashurutisha
other classes
positive subject concord + -na shurutisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -shurutishi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si shurutishi
hatu shurutishi
2nd person
hu shurutishi
ham shurutishi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha shurutishi
hawa shurutishi
other classes
negative subject concord + -shurutishi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta shurutisha
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta shurutisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shurutishe )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni shurutishe
tu shurutishe
2nd person
u shurutishe
m shurutishe
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a shurutishe
wa shurutishe
other classes
positive subject concord + -shurutishe
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si shurutishe
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge shurutisha
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe shurutisha
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali shurutisha
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali shurutisha
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me shurutisha
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha shurutisha
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja shurutisha
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki shurutisha
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo shurutisha
Consecutive
kashurutisha / positive subject concord + -ka shurutisha
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka shurutishe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms [ edit ]