taifisha

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Swahili

Etymology

From taifa (“nation”) +‎ -isha (causative affix)

Pronunciation

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Verb

-taifisha (infinitive kutaifisha)

  1. to nationalize

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taifisha
Positive present -nataifisha
Subjunctive -taifishe
Negative -taifishi
Imperative singular taifisha
Infinitives
Positive kutaifisha
Negative kutotaifisha
Imperatives
Singular taifisha
Plural taifisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaifisha
Positive past positive subject concord + -litaifisha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaifisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataifisha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninataifisha/nataifisha tunataifisha
2nd person unataifisha mnataifisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataifisha wanataifisha
other classes positive subject concord + -nataifisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taifishi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitaifishi hatutaifishi
2nd person hutaifishi hamtaifishi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataifishi hawataifishi
other classes negative subject concord + -taifishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataifisha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tataifisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taifishe)
Singular Plural
1st person nitaifishe tutaifishe
2nd person utaifishe mtaifishe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataifishe wataifishe
other classes positive subject concord + -taifishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaifishe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaifisha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaifisha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaifisha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaifisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataifisha)
Singular Plural
1st person nataifisha twataifisha
2nd person wataifisha mwataifisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataifisha wataifisha
m-mi(III/IV) wataifisha yataifisha
ji-ma(V/VI) lataifisha yataifisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataifisha vyataifisha
n(IX/X) yataifisha zataifisha
u(XI) wataifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwataifisha
pa(XVI) pataifisha
mu(XVIII) mwataifisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaifisha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshataifisha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataifisha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaifisha
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaifisha
Consecutive kataifisha / positive subject concord + -kataifisha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataifishe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitaifisha -tutaifisha
2nd person -kutaifisha -wataifisha/-kutaifisheni/-wataifisheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaifisha -wataifisha
m-mi(III/IV) -utaifisha -itaifisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -litaifisha -yataifisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaifisha -vitaifisha
n(IX/X) -itaifisha -zitaifisha
u(XI) -utaifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutaifisha
pa(XVI) -pataifisha
mu(XVIII) -mutaifisha
Reflexive -jitaifisha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taifisha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -taifishaye -taifishao
m-mi(III/IV) -taifishao -taifishayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -taifishalo -taifishayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taifishacho -taifishavyo
n(IX/X) -taifishayo -taifishazo
u(XI) -taifishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -taifishako
pa(XVI) -taifishapo
mu(XVIII) -taifishamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taifisha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetaifisha -otaifisha
m-mi(III/IV) -otaifisha -yotaifisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaifisha -yotaifisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaifisha -vyotaifisha
n(IX/X) -yotaifisha -zotaifisha
u(XI) -otaifisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotaifisha
pa(XVI) -potaifisha
mu(XVIII) -motaifisha
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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