Borrowed from Arabic فِكْرَة (fikra).
fikira (n class, plural fikira) or fikira (ma class, plural mafikira)
- thought (the state or condition of thinking)
- an idea (an individual thought)
- Synonym: gezo
-fikira (infinitive kufikira)
- Alternative form of -fikiri
Conjugation of -fikira
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Positive present
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-nafikira
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Subjunctive
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-fikire
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Negative
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-fikiri
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Imperative singular
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fikira
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hufikira
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifikira
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufikira
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafikira)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafikira/nafikira
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tunafikira
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2nd person
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unafikira
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mnafikira
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafikira
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wanafikira
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafikira
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -fikiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifikiri
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hatufikiri
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2nd person
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hufikiri
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hamfikiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafikiri
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hawafikiri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -fikiri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafikira
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafikira
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fikire)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifikire
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tufikire
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2nd person
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ufikire
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mfikire
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afikire
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wafikire
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -fikire
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifikire
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefikira
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefikira
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifikira
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifikira
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefikira
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafikira
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafikira
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifikira
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofikira
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Consecutive
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kafikira / positive subject concord + -kafikira
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafikire
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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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