firisha

Swahili

Verb

-firisha (infinitive kufirisha)

1. Causative form of -fira

Conjugation

Conjugation of -firisha
Positive present -nafirisha Subjunctive -firishe Negative -firishi Imperative singular firisha
Infinitives
Positive kufirisha Negative kutofirisha
Imperatives
Singular firisha Plural firisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufirisha Positive past positive subject concord + -lifirisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kufirisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafirisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninafirisha/nafirisha tunafirisha 2nd person unafirisha mnafirisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafirisha wanafirisha other classes positive subject concord + -nafirisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -firishi) Singular Plural 1st person sifirishi hatufirishi 2nd person hufirishi hamfirishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafirishi hawafirishi other classes negative subject concord + -firishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafirisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tafirisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -firishe) Singular Plural 1st person nifirishe tufirishe 2nd person ufirishe mfirishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afirishe wafirishe other classes positive subject concord + -firishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifirishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefirisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefirisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifirisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifirisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afirisha) Singular Plural 1st person nafirisha twafirisha 2nd person wafirisha mwafirisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afirisha wafirisha m-mi(III/IV) wafirisha yafirisha ji-ma(V/VI) lafirisha yafirisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafirisha vyafirisha n(IX/X) yafirisha zafirisha u(XI) wafirisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafirisha pa(XVI) pafirisha mu(XVIII) mwafirisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefirisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafirisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafirisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifirisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofirisha Consecutive kafirisha / positive subject concord + -kafirisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafirishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifirisha -tufirisha 2nd person -kufirisha -wafirisha/-kufirisheni/-wafirisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfirisha -wafirisha m-mi(III/IV) -ufirisha -ifirisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lifirisha -yafirisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifirisha -vifirisha n(IX/X) -ifirisha -zifirisha u(XI) -ufirisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufirisha pa(XVI) -pafirisha mu(XVIII) -mufirisha Reflexive -jifirisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -firisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -firishaye -firishao m-mi(III/IV) -firishao -firishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -firishalo -firishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -firishacho -firishavyo n(IX/X) -firishayo -firishazo u(XI) -firishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -firishako pa(XVI) -firishapo mu(XVIII) -firishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -firisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefirisha -ofirisha m-mi(III/IV) -ofirisha -yofirisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lofirisha -yofirisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofirisha -vyofirisha n(IX/X) -yofirisha -zofirisha u(XI) -ofirisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofirisha pa(XVI) -pofirisha mu(XVIII) -mofirisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.