dabika

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Swahili

Verb

-dabika (infinitive kudabika)

  1. Stative form of -dabu

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dabika
Positive present -nadabika
Subjunctive -dabike
Negative -dabiki
Imperative singular dabika
Infinitives
Positive kudabika
Negative kutodabika
Imperatives
Singular dabika
Plural dabikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudabika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidabika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudabika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadabika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadabika/nadabika tunadabika
2nd person unadabika mnadabika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadabika wanadabika
other classes positive subject concord + -nadabika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dabiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sidabiki hatudabiki
2nd person hudabiki hamdabiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadabiki hawadabiki
other classes negative subject concord + -dabiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadabika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadabika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dabike)
Singular Plural
1st person nidabike tudabike
2nd person udabike mdabike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adabike wadabike
other classes positive subject concord + -dabike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidabike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedabika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedabika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidabika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidabika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adabika)
Singular Plural
1st person nadabika twadabika
2nd person wadabika mwadabika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adabika wadabika
m-mi(III/IV) wadabika yadabika
ji-ma(V/VI) ladabika yadabika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadabika vyadabika
n(IX/X) yadabika zadabika
u(XI) wadabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadabika
pa(XVI) padabika
mu(XVIII) mwadabika
Perfect positive subject concord + -medabika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadabika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadabika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidabika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodabika
Consecutive kadabika / positive subject concord + -kadabika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadabike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidabika -tudabika
2nd person -kudabika -wadabika/-kudabikeni/-wadabikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdabika -wadabika
m-mi(III/IV) -udabika -idabika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidabika -yadabika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidabika -vidabika
n(IX/X) -idabika -zidabika
u(XI) -udabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudabika
pa(XVI) -padabika
mu(XVIII) -mudabika
Reflexive -jidabika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dabika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dabikaye -dabikao
m-mi(III/IV) -dabikao -dabikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dabikalo -dabikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dabikacho -dabikavyo
n(IX/X) -dabikayo -dabikazo
u(XI) -dabikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dabikako
pa(XVI) -dabikapo
mu(XVIII) -dabikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dabika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedabika -odabika
m-mi(III/IV) -odabika -yodabika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodabika -yodabika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodabika -vyodabika
n(IX/X) -yodabika -zodabika
u(XI) -odabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodabika
pa(XVI) -podabika
mu(XVIII) -modabika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.