bahatisha

Swahili

Etymology

From bahati (“fortune, luck”) +‎ -isha (causative affix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-bahatisha (infinitive kubahatisha)

1. to take a chance, hazard

Conjugation

Conjugation of -bahatisha
Positive present -nabahatisha Subjunctive -bahatishe Negative -bahatishi Imperative singular bahatisha
Infinitives
Positive kubahatisha Negative kutobahatisha
Imperatives
Singular bahatisha Plural bahatisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubahatisha Positive past positive subject concord + -libahatisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kubahatisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabahatisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninabahatisha/nabahatisha tunabahatisha 2nd person unabahatisha mnabahatisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabahatisha wanabahatisha other classes positive subject concord + -nabahatisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bahatishi) Singular Plural 1st person sibahatishi hatubahatishi 2nd person hubahatishi hambahatishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habahatishi hawabahatishi other classes negative subject concord + -bahatishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabahatisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tabahatisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bahatishe) Singular Plural 1st person nibahatishe tubahatishe 2nd person ubahatishe mbahatishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abahatishe wabahatishe other classes positive subject concord + -bahatishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibahatishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebahatisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebahatisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibahatisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibahatisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abahatisha) Singular Plural 1st person nabahatisha twabahatisha 2nd person wabahatisha mwabahatisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abahatisha wabahatisha m-mi(III/IV) wabahatisha yabahatisha ji-ma(V/VI) labahatisha yabahatisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabahatisha vyabahatisha n(IX/X) yabahatisha zabahatisha u(XI) wabahatisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabahatisha pa(XVI) pabahatisha mu(XVIII) mwabahatisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebahatisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabahatisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabahatisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibahatisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobahatisha Consecutive kabahatisha / positive subject concord + -kabahatisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabahatishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibahatisha -tubahatisha 2nd person -kubahatisha -wabahatisha/-kubahatisheni/-wabahatisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbahatisha -wabahatisha m-mi(III/IV) -ubahatisha -ibahatisha ji-ma(V/VI) -libahatisha -yabahatisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibahatisha -vibahatisha n(IX/X) -ibahatisha -zibahatisha u(XI) -ubahatisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubahatisha pa(XVI) -pabahatisha mu(XVIII) -mubahatisha Reflexive -jibahatisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bahatisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -bahatishaye -bahatishao m-mi(III/IV) -bahatishao -bahatishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -bahatishalo -bahatishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bahatishacho -bahatishavyo n(IX/X) -bahatishayo -bahatishazo u(XI) -bahatishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -bahatishako pa(XVI) -bahatishapo mu(XVIII) -bahatishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bahatisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebahatisha -obahatisha m-mi(III/IV) -obahatisha -yobahatisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lobahatisha -yobahatisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobahatisha -vyobahatisha n(IX/X) -yobahatisha -zobahatisha u(XI) -obahatisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobahatisha pa(XVI) -pobahatisha mu(XVIII) -mobahatisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.