kabili

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَابَلَ (qābala).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kabili (infinitive kukabili)

1. to face, encounter
2. to confront

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kabili
Positive present -nakabili Subjunctive -kabili Negative -kabili Imperative singular kabili
Infinitives
Positive kukabili Negative kutokabili
Imperatives
Singular kabili Plural kabilini
Tensed forms
Habitual hukabili Positive past positive subject concord + -likabili Negative past negative subject concord + -kukabili
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakabili) Singular Plural 1st person ninakabili/nakabili tunakabili 2nd person unakabili mnakabili 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakabili wanakabili other classes positive subject concord + -nakabili
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kabili) Singular Plural 1st person sikabili hatukabili 2nd person hukabili hamkabili 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakabili hawakabili other classes negative subject concord + -kabili
Positive future positive subject concord + -takabili Negative future negative subject concord + -takabili
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kabili) Singular Plural 1st person nikabili tukabili 2nd person ukabili mkabili 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akabili wakabili other classes positive subject concord + -kabili
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikabili Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekabili Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekabili Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikabili Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikabili
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akabili) Singular Plural 1st person nakabili twakabili 2nd person wakabili mwakabili 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akabili wakabili m-mi(III/IV) wakabili yakabili ji-ma(V/VI) lakabili yakabili ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakabili vyakabili n(IX/X) yakabili zakabili u(XI) wakabili see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakabili pa(XVI) pakabili mu(XVIII) mwakabili
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekabili "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakabili "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakabili "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikabili "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokabili Consecutive kakabili / positive subject concord + -kakabili Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakabili
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikabili -tukabili 2nd person -kukabili -wakabili/-kukabilini/-wakabilini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkabili -wakabili m-mi(III/IV) -ukabili -ikabili ji-ma(V/VI) -likabili -yakabili ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikabili -vikabili n(IX/X) -ikabili -zikabili u(XI) -ukabili see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukabili pa(XVI) -pakabili mu(XVIII) -mukabili Reflexive -jikabili
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kabili- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kabiliye -kabilio m-mi(III/IV) -kabilio -kabiliyo ji-ma(V/VI) -kabililo -kabiliyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kabilicho -kabilivyo n(IX/X) -kabiliyo -kabilizo u(XI) -kabilio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kabiliko pa(XVI) -kabilipo mu(XVIII) -kabilimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kabili) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekabili -okabili m-mi(III/IV) -okabili -yokabili ji-ma(V/VI) -lokabili -yokabili ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokabili -vyokabili n(IX/X) -yokabili -zokabili u(XI) -okabili see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokabili pa(XVI) -pokabili mu(XVIII) -mokabili
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:
  • Passive: -kabiliwa
  • Reciprocal: -kabiliana