rutubika

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-rutubika (infinitive kurutubika)

  1. Stative form of -rutuba: to be damp, be fertile (of land)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -rutubika
Positive present -narutubika
Subjunctive -rutubike
Negative -rutubiki
Imperative singular rutubika
Infinitives
Positive kurutubika
Negative kutorutubika
Imperatives
Singular rutubika
Plural rutubikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hurutubika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lirutubika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kurutubika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -narutubika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninarutubika/narutubika tunarutubika
2nd person unarutubika mnarutubika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anarutubika wanarutubika
other classes positive subject concord + -narutubika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rutubiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sirutubiki haturutubiki
2nd person hurutubiki hamrutubiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) harutubiki hawarutubiki
other classes negative subject concord + -rutubiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tarutubika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tarutubika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rutubike)
Singular Plural
1st person nirutubike turutubike
2nd person urutubike mrutubike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arutubike warutubike
other classes positive subject concord + -rutubike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirutubike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngerutubika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singerutubika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalirutubika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalirutubika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -arutubika)
Singular Plural
1st person narutubika twarutubika
2nd person warutubika mwarutubika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arutubika warutubika
m-mi(III/IV) warutubika yarutubika
ji-ma(V/VI) larutubika yarutubika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) charutubika vyarutubika
n(IX/X) yarutubika zarutubika
u(XI) warutubika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwarutubika
pa(XVI) parutubika
mu(XVIII) mwarutubika
Perfect positive subject concord + -merutubika
"Already" positive subject concord + -mesharutubika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jarutubika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kirutubika
"If not" positive subject concord + -siporutubika
Consecutive karutubika / positive subject concord + -karutubika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karutubike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nirutubika -turutubika
2nd person -kurutubika -warutubika/-kurutubikeni/-warutubikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mrutubika -warutubika
m-mi(III/IV) -urutubika -irutubika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lirutubika -yarutubika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirutubika -virutubika
n(IX/X) -irutubika -zirutubika
u(XI) -urutubika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kurutubika
pa(XVI) -parutubika
mu(XVIII) -murutubika
Reflexive -jirutubika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -rutubika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -rutubikaye -rutubikao
m-mi(III/IV) -rutubikao -rutubikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -rutubikalo -rutubikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -rutubikacho -rutubikavyo
n(IX/X) -rutubikayo -rutubikazo
u(XI) -rutubikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -rutubikako
pa(XVI) -rutubikapo
mu(XVIII) -rutubikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -rutubika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yerutubika -orutubika
m-mi(III/IV) -orutubika -yorutubika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lorutubika -yorutubika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorutubika -vyorutubika
n(IX/X) -yorutubika -zorutubika
u(XI) -orutubika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -korutubika
pa(XVI) -porutubika
mu(XVIII) -morutubika
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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