pakia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pakia (infinitive kupakia)

1. to load, to load on

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pakia
Positive present -napakia Subjunctive -pakie Negative -pakii Imperative singular pakia
Infinitives
Positive kupakia Negative kutopakia
Imperatives
Singular pakia Plural pakieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupakia Positive past positive subject concord + -lipakia Negative past negative subject concord + -kupakia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napakia) Singular Plural 1st person ninapakia/napakia tunapakia 2nd person unapakia mnapakia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapakia wanapakia other classes positive subject concord + -napakia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pakii) Singular Plural 1st person sipakii hatupakii 2nd person hupakii hampakii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapakii hawapakii other classes negative subject concord + -pakii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapakia Negative future negative subject concord + -tapakia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pakie) Singular Plural 1st person nipakie tupakie 2nd person upakie mpakie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakie wapakie other classes positive subject concord + -pakie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipakie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepakia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepakia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipakia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipakia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apakia) Singular Plural 1st person napakia twapakia 2nd person wapakia mwapakia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakia wapakia m-mi(III/IV) wapakia yapakia ji-ma(V/VI) lapakia yapakia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapakia vyapakia n(IX/X) yapakia zapakia u(XI) wapakia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapakia pa(XVI) papakia mu(XVIII) mwapakia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepakia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapakia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japakia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipakia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopakia Consecutive kapakia / positive subject concord + -kapakia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapakie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipakia -tupakia 2nd person -kupakia -wapakia/-kupakieni/-wapakieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpakia -wapakia m-mi(III/IV) -upakia -ipakia ji-ma(V/VI) -lipakia -yapakia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipakia -vipakia n(IX/X) -ipakia -zipakia u(XI) -upakia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupakia pa(XVI) -papakia mu(XVIII) -mupakia Reflexive -jipakia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pakia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pakiaye -pakiao m-mi(III/IV) -pakiao -pakiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pakialo -pakiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pakiacho -pakiavyo n(IX/X) -pakiayo -pakiazo u(XI) -pakiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pakiako pa(XVI) -pakiapo mu(XVIII) -pakiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pakia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepakia -opakia m-mi(III/IV) -opakia -yopakia ji-ma(V/VI) -lopakia -yopakia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopakia -vyopakia n(IX/X) -yopakia -zopakia u(XI) -opakia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopakia pa(XVI) -popakia mu(XVIII) -mopakia
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:
  • Conversive: -pakua (“to unload”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mpakizi (“loader”)