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Finnish
Etymology
From English file.
Pronunciation
Noun
faili (slang)
- (computing) A computer file.
Declension
Anagrams
Latvian
Noun
faili m
- nominative/vocative plural of fails
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English file.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
faili (ma class, plural mafaili)
- (computing) a computer file
- file (collection of papers)
- Synonym: jalada
Verb
-faili (infinitive kufaili)
- to file
Conjugation
Conjugation of -faili
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Positive present
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-nafaili
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Subjunctive
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-faili
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Negative
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-faili
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Imperative singular
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faili
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hufaili
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifaili
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufaili
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafaili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafaili/nafaili
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tunafaili
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2nd person
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unafaili
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mnafaili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafaili
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wanafaili
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafaili
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -faili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifaili
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hatufaili
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2nd person
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hufaili
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hamfaili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafaili
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hawafaili
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -faili
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafaili
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafaili
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -faili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifaili
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tufaili
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2nd person
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ufaili
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mfaili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afaili
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wafaili
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -faili
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifaili
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefaili
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefaili
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifaili
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifaili
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefaili
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafaili
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafaili
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifaili
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofaili
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Consecutive
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kafaili / positive subject concord + -kafaili
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafaili
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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References
- ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language, volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 7 of 1-10
- ^ Petzell, Malin (2005) “Expanding the Swahili vocabulary”, in Africa & Asia, volume 5, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2009-11-29, page 92 of 85-107: “Borrowed nouns may also be assigned to classes 5 and 6, where the class five words do not display the prefix on borrowed nouns but the class 6 ones do, as in faili ‘file’/mafaili ‘files’.”