tabahari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَبَحَّرَ (tabaḥḥara).

Verb

-tabahari (infinitive kutabahari)

1. to specialize, to become an expert

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tabahari
Positive present -natabahari Subjunctive -tabahari Negative -tabahari Imperative singular tabahari
Infinitives
Positive kutabahari Negative kutotabahari
Imperatives
Singular tabahari Plural tabaharini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutabahari Positive past positive subject concord + -litabahari Negative past negative subject concord + -kutabahari
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natabahari) Singular Plural 1st person ninatabahari/natabahari tunatabahari 2nd person unatabahari mnatabahari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatabahari wanatabahari other classes positive subject concord + -natabahari
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tabahari) Singular Plural 1st person sitabahari hatutabahari 2nd person hutabahari hamtabahari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatabahari hawatabahari other classes negative subject concord + -tabahari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatabahari Negative future negative subject concord + -tatabahari
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tabahari) Singular Plural 1st person nitabahari tutabahari 2nd person utabahari mtabahari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabahari watabahari other classes positive subject concord + -tabahari
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitabahari Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetabahari Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetabahari Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitabahari Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitabahari
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atabahari) Singular Plural 1st person natabahari twatabahari 2nd person watabahari mwatabahari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atabahari watabahari m-mi(III/IV) watabahari yatabahari ji-ma(V/VI) latabahari yatabahari ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatabahari vyatabahari n(IX/X) yatabahari zatabahari u(XI) watabahari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatabahari pa(XVI) patabahari mu(XVIII) mwatabahari
Perfect positive subject concord + -metabahari "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatabahari "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatabahari "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitabahari "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotabahari Consecutive katabahari / positive subject concord + -katabahari Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katabahari
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitabahari -tutabahari 2nd person -kutabahari -watabahari/-kutabaharini/-watabaharini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtabahari -watabahari m-mi(III/IV) -utabahari -itabahari ji-ma(V/VI) -litabahari -yatabahari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitabahari -vitabahari n(IX/X) -itabahari -zitabahari u(XI) -utabahari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutabahari pa(XVI) -patabahari mu(XVIII) -mutabahari Reflexive -jitabahari
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tabahari- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tabahariye -tabahario m-mi(III/IV) -tabahario -tabahariyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tabaharilo -tabahariyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tabaharicho -tabaharivyo n(IX/X) -tabahariyo -tabaharizo u(XI) -tabahario see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tabahariko pa(XVI) -tabaharipo mu(XVIII) -tabaharimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tabahari) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetabahari -otabahari m-mi(III/IV) -otabahari -yotabahari ji-ma(V/VI) -lotabahari -yotabahari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotabahari -vyotabahari n(IX/X) -yotabahari -zotabahari u(XI) -otabahari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotabahari pa(XVI) -potabahari mu(XVIII) -motabahari
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.