husu
- accusative singular of husa
Borrowed from Arabic خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa).
-husu (infinitive kuhusu)
- to relate (to connect one topic with another)
- to involve
- to affect
Conjugation of -husu
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Positive present
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-nahusu
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Subjunctive
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-husu
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Negative
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-husu
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Imperative singular
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husu
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huhusu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lihusu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuhusu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahusu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninahusu/nahusu
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tunahusu
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2nd person
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unahusu
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mnahusu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anahusu
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wanahusu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nahusu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -husu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sihusu
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hatuhusu
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2nd person
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huhusu
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hamhusu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hahusu
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hawahusu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -husu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tahusu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tahusu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -husu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nihusu
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tuhusu
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2nd person
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uhusu
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mhusu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ahusu
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wahusu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -husu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sihusu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngehusu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singehusu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalihusu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalihusu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mehusu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshahusu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jahusu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kihusu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipohusu
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Consecutive
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kahusu / positive subject concord + -kahusu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kahusu
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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