tahayari

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحَيَّرَ (taḥayyara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tahayari (infinitive kutahayari)

  1. to be ashamed
  2. to be perplexed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tahayari
Positive present -natahayari
Subjunctive -tahayari
Negative -tahayari
Imperative singular tahayari
Infinitives
Positive kutahayari
Negative kutotahayari
Imperatives
Singular tahayari
Plural tahayarini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutahayari
Positive past positive subject concord + -litahayari
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutahayari
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natahayari)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatahayari/natahayari tunatahayari
2nd person unatahayari mnatahayari
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatahayari wanatahayari
other classes positive subject concord + -natahayari
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tahayari)
Singular Plural
1st person sitahayari hatutahayari
2nd person hutahayari hamtahayari
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatahayari hawatahayari
other classes negative subject concord + -tahayari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatahayari
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatahayari
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tahayari)
Singular Plural
1st person nitahayari tutahayari
2nd person utahayari mtahayari
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atahayari watahayari
other classes positive subject concord + -tahayari
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitahayari
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetahayari
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetahayari
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitahayari
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitahayari
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atahayari)
Singular Plural
1st person natahayari twatahayari
2nd person watahayari mwatahayari
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atahayari watahayari
m-mi(III/IV) watahayari yatahayari
ji-ma(V/VI) latahayari yatahayari
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatahayari vyatahayari
n(IX/X) yatahayari zatahayari
u(XI) watahayari see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatahayari
pa(XVI) patahayari
mu(XVIII) mwatahayari
Perfect positive subject concord + -metahayari
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatahayari
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatahayari
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitahayari
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotahayari
Consecutive katahayari / positive subject concord + -katahayari
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katahayari
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitahayari -tutahayari
2nd person -kutahayari -watahayari/-kutahayarini/-watahayarini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtahayari -watahayari
m-mi(III/IV) -utahayari -itahayari
ji-ma(V/VI) -litahayari -yatahayari
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitahayari -vitahayari
n(IX/X) -itahayari -zitahayari
u(XI) -utahayari see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutahayari
pa(XVI) -patahayari
mu(XVIII) -mutahayari
Reflexive -jitahayari
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tahayari- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tahayariye -tahayario
m-mi(III/IV) -tahayario -tahayariyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tahayarilo -tahayariyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tahayaricho -tahayarivyo
n(IX/X) -tahayariyo -tahayarizo
u(XI) -tahayario see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tahayariko
pa(XVI) -tahayaripo
mu(XVIII) -tahayarimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tahayari)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetahayari -otahayari
m-mi(III/IV) -otahayari -yotahayari
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotahayari -yotahayari
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotahayari -vyotahayari
n(IX/X) -yotahayari -zotahayari
u(XI) -otahayari see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotahayari
pa(XVI) -potahayari
mu(XVIII) -motahayari
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms