ibia

See also: Ibiá

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ibia (infinitive kuibia)

1. Applicative form of -iba: to steal from, to plagiarize from

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ibia
Positive present -naibia Subjunctive -ibie Negative -ibii Imperative singular ibia
Infinitives
Positive kuibia Negative kutoibia
Imperatives
Singular ibia Plural ibieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huibia Positive past positive subject concord + -liibia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuibia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naibia) Singular Plural 1st person ninaibia/naibia tunaibia 2nd person unaibia mnaibia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaibia wanaibia other classes positive subject concord + -naibia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ibii) Singular Plural 1st person siibii hatuibii 2nd person huibii hamwibii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haibii hawaibii other classes negative subject concord + -ibii
Positive future positive subject concord + -taibia Negative future negative subject concord + -taibia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ibie) Singular Plural 1st person niibie tuibie 2nd person uibie mwibie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aibie waibie other classes positive subject concord + -ibie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siibie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeibia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeibia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliibia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliibia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aibia) Singular Plural 1st person naibia twaibia 2nd person waibia mwaibia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aibia waibia m-mi(III/IV) waibia yaibia ji-ma(V/VI) laibia yaibia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaibia vyaibia n(IX/X) yaibia zaibia u(XI) waibia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaibia pa(XVI) paibia mu(XVIII) mwaibia
Perfect positive subject concord + -meibia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaibia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaibia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiibia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoibia Consecutive kaibia / positive subject concord + -kaibia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaibie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niibia -tuibia 2nd person -kuibia -waibia/-kuibieni/-waibieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwibia -waibia m-mi(III/IV) -uibia -iibia ji-ma(V/VI) -liibia -yaibia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiibia -viibia n(IX/X) -iibia -ziibia u(XI) -uibia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuibia pa(XVI) -paibia mu(XVIII) -muibia Reflexive -jiibia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ibia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ibiaye -ibiao m-mi(III/IV) -ibiao -ibiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ibialo -ibiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ibiacho -ibiavyo n(IX/X) -ibiayo -ibiazo u(XI) -ibiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ibiako pa(XVI) -ibiapo mu(XVIII) -ibiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ibia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeibia -oibia m-mi(III/IV) -oibia -yoibia ji-ma(V/VI) -loibia -yoibia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choibia -vyoibia n(IX/X) -yoibia -zoibia u(XI) -oibia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koibia pa(XVI) -poibia mu(XVIII) -moibia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.