arifu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-arifu (infinitive kuarifu)

1. to tell, inform, declare, report, state
2. to be experienced; educated

Conjugation

Conjugation of -arifu
Positive present -naarifu Subjunctive -arifu Negative -arifu Imperative singular arifu
Infinitives
Positive kuarifu Negative kutoarifu
Imperatives
Singular arifu Plural arifuni
Tensed forms
Habitual huarifu Positive past positive subject concord + -liarifu Negative past negative subject concord + -kuarifu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naarifu) Singular Plural 1st person ninaarifu/naarifu tunaarifu 2nd person unaarifu mnaarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaarifu wanaarifu other classes positive subject concord + -naarifu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -arifu) Singular Plural 1st person siarifu hatuarifu 2nd person huarifu hamwarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haarifu hawaarifu other classes negative subject concord + -arifu
Positive future positive subject concord + -taarifu Negative future negative subject concord + -taarifu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -arifu) Singular Plural 1st person niarifu tuarifu 2nd person uarifu mwarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifu waarifu other classes positive subject concord + -arifu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siarifu Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngearifu Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singearifu Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliarifu Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliarifu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aarifu) Singular Plural 1st person naarifu twaarifu 2nd person waarifu mwaarifu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aarifu waarifu m-mi(III/IV) waarifu yaarifu ji-ma(V/VI) laarifu yaarifu ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaarifu vyaarifu n(IX/X) yaarifu zaarifu u(XI) waarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaarifu pa(XVI) paarifu mu(XVIII) mwaarifu
Perfect positive subject concord + -mearifu "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaarifu "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaarifu "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiarifu "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoarifu Consecutive kaarifu / positive subject concord + -kaarifu Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaarifu
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niarifu -tuarifu 2nd person -kuarifu -waarifu/-kuarifuni/-waarifuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwarifu -waarifu m-mi(III/IV) -uarifu -iarifu ji-ma(V/VI) -liarifu -yaarifu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiarifu -viarifu n(IX/X) -iarifu -ziarifu u(XI) -uarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuarifu pa(XVI) -paarifu mu(XVIII) -muarifu Reflexive -jiarifu
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -arifu- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -arifuye -arifuo m-mi(III/IV) -arifuo -arifuyo ji-ma(V/VI) -arifulo -arifuyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -arifucho -arifuvyo n(IX/X) -arifuyo -arifuzo u(XI) -arifuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -arifuko pa(XVI) -arifupo mu(XVIII) -arifumo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -arifu) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yearifu -oarifu m-mi(III/IV) -oarifu -yoarifu ji-ma(V/VI) -loarifu -yoarifu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choarifu -vyoarifu n(IX/X) -yoarifu -zoarifu u(XI) -oarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koarifu pa(XVI) -poarifu mu(XVIII) -moarifu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -arifisha
  • Passive: -arifiwa