fikia

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fikia (infinitive kufikia)

  1. Applicative form of -fika: to lodge at, to overcome, to arrive at

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fikia
Positive present -nafikia
Subjunctive -fikie
Negative -fikii
Imperative singular fikia
Infinitives
Positive kufikia
Negative kutofikia
Imperatives
Singular fikia
Plural fikieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufikia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifikia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufikia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafikia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafikia/nafikia tunafikia
2nd person unafikia mnafikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafikia wanafikia
other classes positive subject concord + -nafikia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fikii)
Singular Plural
1st person sifikii hatufikii
2nd person hufikii hamfikii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafikii hawafikii
other classes negative subject concord + -fikii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafikia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafikia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fikie)
Singular Plural
1st person nifikie tufikie
2nd person ufikie mfikie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afikie wafikie
other classes positive subject concord + -fikie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifikie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefikia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefikia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifikia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifikia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afikia)
Singular Plural
1st person nafikia twafikia
2nd person wafikia mwafikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afikia wafikia
m-mi(III/IV) wafikia yafikia
ji-ma(V/VI) lafikia yafikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafikia vyafikia
n(IX/X) yafikia zafikia
u(XI) wafikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafikia
pa(XVI) pafikia
mu(XVIII) mwafikia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefikia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafikia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafikia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifikia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofikia
Consecutive kafikia / positive subject concord + -kafikia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafikie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifikia -tufikia
2nd person -kufikia -wafikia/-kufikieni/-wafikieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfikia -wafikia
m-mi(III/IV) -ufikia -ifikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifikia -yafikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifikia -vifikia
n(IX/X) -ifikia -zifikia
u(XI) -ufikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufikia
pa(XVI) -pafikia
mu(XVIII) -mufikia
Reflexive -jifikia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fikia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fikiaye -fikiao
m-mi(III/IV) -fikiao -fikiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fikialo -fikiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fikiacho -fikiavyo
n(IX/X) -fikiayo -fikiazo
u(XI) -fikiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fikiako
pa(XVI) -fikiapo
mu(XVIII) -fikiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fikia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefikia -ofikia
m-mi(III/IV) -ofikia -yofikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofikia -yofikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofikia -vyofikia
n(IX/X) -yofikia -zofikia
u(XI) -ofikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofikia
pa(XVI) -pofikia
mu(XVIII) -mofikia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms