sikika

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sikika (infinitive kusikika)

  1. Stative form of -sikia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sikika
Positive present -nasikika
Subjunctive -sikike
Negative -sikiki
Imperative singular sikika
Infinitives
Positive kusikika
Negative kutosikika
Imperatives
Singular sikika
Plural sikikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husikika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisikika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusikika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasikika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasikika/nasikika tunasikika
2nd person unasikika mnasikika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasikika wanasikika
other classes positive subject concord + -nasikika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sikiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sisikiki hatusikiki
2nd person husikiki hamsikiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasikiki hawasikiki
other classes negative subject concord + -sikiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasikika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasikika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sikike)
Singular Plural
1st person nisikike tusikike
2nd person usikike msikike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikike wasikike
other classes positive subject concord + -sikike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisikike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesikika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesikika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisikika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisikika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asikika)
Singular Plural
1st person nasikika twasikika
2nd person wasikika mwasikika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikika wasikika
m-mi(III/IV) wasikika yasikika
ji-ma(V/VI) lasikika yasikika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasikika vyasikika
n(IX/X) yasikika zasikika
u(XI) wasikika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasikika
pa(XVI) pasikika
mu(XVIII) mwasikika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesikika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasikika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasikika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisikika
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposikika
Consecutive kasikika / positive subject concord + -kasikika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasikike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisikika -tusikika
2nd person -kusikika -wasikika/-kusikikeni/-wasikikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msikika -wasikika
m-mi(III/IV) -usikika -isikika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisikika -yasikika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisikika -visikika
n(IX/X) -isikika -zisikika
u(XI) -usikika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusikika
pa(XVI) -pasikika
mu(XVIII) -musikika
Reflexive -jisikika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sikika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sikikaye -sikikao
m-mi(III/IV) -sikikao -sikikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sikikalo -sikikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sikikacho -sikikavyo
n(IX/X) -sikikayo -sikikazo
u(XI) -sikikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sikikako
pa(XVI) -sikikapo
mu(XVIII) -sikikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sikika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesikika -osikika
m-mi(III/IV) -osikika -yosikika
ji-ma(V/VI) -losikika -yosikika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosikika -vyosikika
n(IX/X) -yosikika -zosikika
u(XI) -osikika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosikika
pa(XVI) -posikika
mu(XVIII) -mosikika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.