fupisha

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fupisha (infinitive kufupisha)

1. Causative form of -fupi: to abbreviate, shorten, summarize

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fupisha
Positive present -nafupisha Subjunctive -fupishe Negative -fupishi Imperative singular fupisha
Infinitives
Positive kufupisha Negative kutofupisha
Imperatives
Singular fupisha Plural fupisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufupisha Positive past positive subject concord + -lifupisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kufupisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafupisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninafupisha/nafupisha tunafupisha 2nd person unafupisha mnafupisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafupisha wanafupisha other classes positive subject concord + -nafupisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fupishi) Singular Plural 1st person sifupishi hatufupishi 2nd person hufupishi hamfupishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafupishi hawafupishi other classes negative subject concord + -fupishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafupisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tafupisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fupishe) Singular Plural 1st person nifupishe tufupishe 2nd person ufupishe mfupishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afupishe wafupishe other classes positive subject concord + -fupishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifupishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefupisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefupisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifupisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifupisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afupisha) Singular Plural 1st person nafupisha twafupisha 2nd person wafupisha mwafupisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afupisha wafupisha m-mi(III/IV) wafupisha yafupisha ji-ma(V/VI) lafupisha yafupisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafupisha vyafupisha n(IX/X) yafupisha zafupisha u(XI) wafupisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafupisha pa(XVI) pafupisha mu(XVIII) mwafupisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefupisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafupisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafupisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifupisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofupisha Consecutive kafupisha / positive subject concord + -kafupisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafupishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifupisha -tufupisha 2nd person -kufupisha -wafupisha/-kufupisheni/-wafupisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfupisha -wafupisha m-mi(III/IV) -ufupisha -ifupisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lifupisha -yafupisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifupisha -vifupisha n(IX/X) -ifupisha -zifupisha u(XI) -ufupisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufupisha pa(XVI) -pafupisha mu(XVIII) -mufupisha Reflexive -jifupisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fupisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fupishaye -fupishao m-mi(III/IV) -fupishao -fupishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fupishalo -fupishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fupishacho -fupishavyo n(IX/X) -fupishayo -fupishazo u(XI) -fupishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fupishako pa(XVI) -fupishapo mu(XVIII) -fupishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fupisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefupisha -ofupisha m-mi(III/IV) -ofupisha -yofupisha ji-ma(V/VI) -lofupisha -yofupisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofupisha -vyofupisha n(IX/X) -yofupisha -zofupisha u(XI) -ofupisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofupisha pa(XVI) -pofupisha mu(XVIII) -mofupisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • kifupisho (“abbreviation”)
  • ufupisho (“summary”)