jasiri

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Swahili

Etymology

From the root of Arabic جَسَرَ (jasara),[1] perhaps the participle جَاسِر (jāsir).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

jasiri (invariable)

  1. brave, courageous

Derived terms

Verb

-jasiri (infinitive kujasiri)

  1. to be brave, dare

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jasiri
Positive present -najasiri
Subjunctive -jasiri
Negative -jasiri
Imperative singular jasiri
Infinitives
Positive kujasiri
Negative kutojasiri
Imperatives
Singular jasiri
Plural jasirini
Tensed forms
Habitual hujasiri
Positive past positive subject concord + -lijasiri
Negative past negative subject concord + -kujasiri
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najasiri)
Singular Plural
1st person ninajasiri/najasiri tunajasiri
2nd person unajasiri mnajasiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajasiri wanajasiri
other classes positive subject concord + -najasiri
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jasiri)
Singular Plural
1st person sijasiri hatujasiri
2nd person hujasiri hamjasiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajasiri hawajasiri
other classes negative subject concord + -jasiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajasiri
Negative future negative subject concord + -tajasiri
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jasiri)
Singular Plural
1st person nijasiri tujasiri
2nd person ujasiri mjasiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajasiri wajasiri
other classes positive subject concord + -jasiri
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijasiri
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejasiri
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejasiri
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijasiri
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijasiri
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajasiri)
Singular Plural
1st person najasiri twajasiri
2nd person wajasiri mwajasiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajasiri wajasiri
m-mi(III/IV) wajasiri yajasiri
ji-ma(V/VI) lajasiri yajasiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajasiri vyajasiri
n(IX/X) yajasiri zajasiri
u(XI) wajasiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwajasiri
pa(XVI) pajasiri
mu(XVIII) mwajasiri
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejasiri
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshajasiri
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajasiri
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kijasiri
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipojasiri
Consecutive kajasiri / positive subject concord + -kajasiri
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajasiri
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nijasiri -tujasiri
2nd person -kujasiri -wajasiri/-kujasirini/-wajasirini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjasiri -wajasiri
m-mi(III/IV) -ujasiri -ijasiri
ji-ma(V/VI) -lijasiri -yajasiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijasiri -vijasiri
n(IX/X) -ijasiri -zijasiri
u(XI) -ujasiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kujasiri
pa(XVI) -pajasiri
mu(XVIII) -mujasiri
Reflexive -jijasiri
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jasiri- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -jasiriye -jasirio
m-mi(III/IV) -jasirio -jasiriyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -jasirilo -jasiriyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jasiricho -jasirivyo
n(IX/X) -jasiriyo -jasirizo
u(XI) -jasirio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -jasiriko
pa(XVI) -jasiripo
mu(XVIII) -jasirimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jasiri)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yejasiri -ojasiri
m-mi(III/IV) -ojasiri -yojasiri
ji-ma(V/VI) -lojasiri -yojasiri
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojasiri -vyojasiri
n(IX/X) -yojasiri -zojasiri
u(XI) -ojasiri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kojasiri
pa(XVI) -pojasiri
mu(XVIII) -mojasiri
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58 Nr. 476
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