fanikia

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Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe from fani, fanaka or -fenya”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fanikia (infinitive kufanikia)

  1. to succeed (in)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fanikia
Positive present -nafanikia
Subjunctive -fanikie
Negative -fanikii
Imperative singular fanikia
Infinitives
Positive kufanikia
Negative kutofanikia
Imperatives
Singular fanikia
Plural fanikieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufanikia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifanikia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufanikia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafanikia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafanikia/nafanikia tunafanikia
2nd person unafanikia mnafanikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafanikia wanafanikia
other classes positive subject concord + -nafanikia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fanikii)
Singular Plural
1st person sifanikii hatufanikii
2nd person hufanikii hamfanikii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafanikii hawafanikii
other classes negative subject concord + -fanikii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafanikia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafanikia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fanikie)
Singular Plural
1st person nifanikie tufanikie
2nd person ufanikie mfanikie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanikie wafanikie
other classes positive subject concord + -fanikie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifanikie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefanikia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefanikia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifanikia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifanikia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afanikia)
Singular Plural
1st person nafanikia twafanikia
2nd person wafanikia mwafanikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanikia wafanikia
m-mi(III/IV) wafanikia yafanikia
ji-ma(V/VI) lafanikia yafanikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafanikia vyafanikia
n(IX/X) yafanikia zafanikia
u(XI) wafanikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafanikia
pa(XVI) pafanikia
mu(XVIII) mwafanikia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefanikia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafanikia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafanikia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifanikia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofanikia
Consecutive kafanikia / positive subject concord + -kafanikia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafanikie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifanikia -tufanikia
2nd person -kufanikia -wafanikia/-kufanikieni/-wafanikieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfanikia -wafanikia
m-mi(III/IV) -ufanikia -ifanikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifanikia -yafanikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifanikia -vifanikia
n(IX/X) -ifanikia -zifanikia
u(XI) -ufanikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufanikia
pa(XVI) -pafanikia
mu(XVIII) -mufanikia
Reflexive -jifanikia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fanikia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fanikiaye -fanikiao
m-mi(III/IV) -fanikiao -fanikiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fanikialo -fanikiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fanikiacho -fanikiavyo
n(IX/X) -fanikiayo -fanikiazo
u(XI) -fanikiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fanikiako
pa(XVI) -fanikiapo
mu(XVIII) -fanikiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fanikia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefanikia -ofanikia
m-mi(III/IV) -ofanikia -yofanikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofanikia -yofanikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofanikia -vyofanikia
n(IX/X) -yofanikia -zofanikia
u(XI) -ofanikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofanikia
pa(XVI) -pofanikia
mu(XVIII) -mofanikia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia