barikiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-barikiwa (infinitive kubarikiwa)

1. Passive form of -bariki: to be blessed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -barikiwa
Positive present -nabarikiwa Subjunctive -barikiwe Negative -barikiwi Imperative singular barikiwa
Infinitives
Positive kubarikiwa Negative kutobarikiwa
Imperatives
Singular barikiwa Plural barikiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubarikiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -libarikiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kubarikiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabarikiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninabarikiwa/nabarikiwa tunabarikiwa 2nd person unabarikiwa mnabarikiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabarikiwa wanabarikiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nabarikiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -barikiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sibarikiwi hatubarikiwi 2nd person hubarikiwi hambarikiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habarikiwi hawabarikiwi other classes negative subject concord + -barikiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabarikiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tabarikiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -barikiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nibarikiwe tubarikiwe 2nd person ubarikiwe mbarikiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abarikiwe wabarikiwe other classes positive subject concord + -barikiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibarikiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebarikiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebarikiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibarikiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibarikiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abarikiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nabarikiwa twabarikiwa 2nd person wabarikiwa mwabarikiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abarikiwa wabarikiwa m-mi(III/IV) wabarikiwa yabarikiwa ji-ma(V/VI) labarikiwa yabarikiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabarikiwa vyabarikiwa n(IX/X) yabarikiwa zabarikiwa u(XI) wabarikiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabarikiwa pa(XVI) pabarikiwa mu(XVIII) mwabarikiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebarikiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabarikiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabarikiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibarikiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobarikiwa Consecutive kabarikiwa / positive subject concord + -kabarikiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabarikiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibarikiwa -tubarikiwa 2nd person -kubarikiwa -wabarikiwa/-kubarikiweni/-wabarikiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbarikiwa -wabarikiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ubarikiwa -ibarikiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -libarikiwa -yabarikiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibarikiwa -vibarikiwa n(IX/X) -ibarikiwa -zibarikiwa u(XI) -ubarikiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubarikiwa pa(XVI) -pabarikiwa mu(XVIII) -mubarikiwa Reflexive -jibarikiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -barikiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -barikiwaye -barikiwao m-mi(III/IV) -barikiwao -barikiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -barikiwalo -barikiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -barikiwacho -barikiwavyo n(IX/X) -barikiwayo -barikiwazo u(XI) -barikiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -barikiwako pa(XVI) -barikiwapo mu(XVIII) -barikiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -barikiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebarikiwa -obarikiwa m-mi(III/IV) -obarikiwa -yobarikiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lobarikiwa -yobarikiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobarikiwa -vyobarikiwa n(IX/X) -yobarikiwa -zobarikiwa u(XI) -obarikiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobarikiwa pa(XVI) -pobarikiwa mu(XVIII) -mobarikiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.