gharimu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَرَّمَ (ḡarrama).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-gharimu (infinitive kugharimu)

1. to cost (to incur a charge, a price)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gharimu
Positive present -nagharimu Subjunctive -gharimu Negative -gharimu Imperative singular gharimu
Infinitives
Positive kugharimu Negative kutogharimu
Imperatives
Singular gharimu Plural gharimuni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugharimu Positive past positive subject concord + -ligharimu Negative past negative subject concord + -kugharimu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagharimu) Singular Plural 1st person ninagharimu/nagharimu tunagharimu 2nd person unagharimu mnagharimu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagharimu wanagharimu other classes positive subject concord + -nagharimu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gharimu) Singular Plural 1st person sigharimu hatugharimu 2nd person hugharimu hamgharimu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagharimu hawagharimu other classes negative subject concord + -gharimu
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagharimu Negative future negative subject concord + -tagharimu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gharimu) Singular Plural 1st person nigharimu tugharimu 2nd person ugharimu mgharimu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agharimu wagharimu other classes positive subject concord + -gharimu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigharimu Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegharimu Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegharimu Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligharimu Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligharimu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agharimu) Singular Plural 1st person nagharimu twagharimu 2nd person wagharimu mwagharimu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agharimu wagharimu m-mi(III/IV) wagharimu yagharimu ji-ma(V/VI) lagharimu yagharimu ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagharimu vyagharimu n(IX/X) yagharimu zagharimu u(XI) wagharimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagharimu pa(XVI) pagharimu mu(XVIII) mwagharimu
Perfect positive subject concord + -megharimu "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagharimu "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagharimu "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigharimu "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogharimu Consecutive kagharimu / positive subject concord + -kagharimu Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagharimu
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigharimu -tugharimu 2nd person -kugharimu -wagharimu/-kugharimuni/-wagharimuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgharimu -wagharimu m-mi(III/IV) -ugharimu -igharimu ji-ma(V/VI) -ligharimu -yagharimu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigharimu -vigharimu n(IX/X) -igharimu -zigharimu u(XI) -ugharimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugharimu pa(XVI) -pagharimu mu(XVIII) -mugharimu Reflexive -jigharimu
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gharimu- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gharimuye -gharimuo m-mi(III/IV) -gharimuo -gharimuyo ji-ma(V/VI) -gharimulo -gharimuyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gharimucho -gharimuvyo n(IX/X) -gharimuyo -gharimuzo u(XI) -gharimuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gharimuko pa(XVI) -gharimupo mu(XVIII) -gharimumo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gharimu) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegharimu -ogharimu m-mi(III/IV) -ogharimu -yogharimu ji-ma(V/VI) -logharimu -yogharimu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogharimu -vyogharimu n(IX/X) -yogharimu -zogharimu u(XI) -ogharimu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogharimu pa(XVI) -pogharimu mu(XVIII) -mogharimu
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:
  • Applicative: -gharimia

Related terms

• gharama (“cost, expense”)