dadisi

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic .

Pronunciation

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Verb

-dadisi (infinitive kudadisi)

  1. to pry, to snoop
  2. to inquire, query

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dadisi
Positive present -nadadisi
Subjunctive -dadisi
Negative -dadisi
Imperative singular dadisi
Infinitives
Positive kudadisi
Negative kutodadisi
Imperatives
Singular dadisi
Plural dadisini
Tensed forms
Habitual hudadisi
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidadisi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudadisi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadadisi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadadisi/nadadisi tunadadisi
2nd person unadadisi mnadadisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadadisi wanadadisi
other classes positive subject concord + -nadadisi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dadisi)
Singular Plural
1st person sidadisi hatudadisi
2nd person hudadisi hamdadisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadadisi hawadadisi
other classes negative subject concord + -dadisi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadadisi
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadadisi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dadisi)
Singular Plural
1st person nidadisi tudadisi
2nd person udadisi mdadisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adadisi wadadisi
other classes positive subject concord + -dadisi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidadisi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedadisi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedadisi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidadisi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidadisi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adadisi)
Singular Plural
1st person nadadisi twadadisi
2nd person wadadisi mwadadisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adadisi wadadisi
m-mi(III/IV) wadadisi yadadisi
ji-ma(V/VI) ladadisi yadadisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadadisi vyadadisi
n(IX/X) yadadisi zadadisi
u(XI) wadadisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadadisi
pa(XVI) padadisi
mu(XVIII) mwadadisi
Perfect positive subject concord + -medadisi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadadisi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadadisi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidadisi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodadisi
Consecutive kadadisi / positive subject concord + -kadadisi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadadisi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidadisi -tudadisi
2nd person -kudadisi -wadadisi/-kudadisini/-wadadisini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdadisi -wadadisi
m-mi(III/IV) -udadisi -idadisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidadisi -yadadisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidadisi -vidadisi
n(IX/X) -idadisi -zidadisi
u(XI) -udadisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudadisi
pa(XVI) -padadisi
mu(XVIII) -mudadisi
Reflexive -jidadisi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dadisi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dadisiye -dadisio
m-mi(III/IV) -dadisio -dadisiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dadisilo -dadisiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dadisicho -dadisivyo
n(IX/X) -dadisiyo -dadisizo
u(XI) -dadisio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dadisiko
pa(XVI) -dadisipo
mu(XVIII) -dadisimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dadisi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedadisi -odadisi
m-mi(III/IV) -odadisi -yodadisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodadisi -yodadisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodadisi -vyodadisi
n(IX/X) -yodadisi -zodadisi
u(XI) -odadisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodadisi
pa(XVI) -podadisi
mu(XVIII) -modadisi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms