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pikia

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-pikia (infinitive kupikia)

  1. Applicative form of -pika: to cook for someone

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -pikia
Positive present -napikia
Subjunctive -pikie
Negative -pikii
Imperative singular pikia
Infinitives
Positive kupikia
Negative kutopikia
Imperatives
Singular pikia
Plural pikieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupikia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipikia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupikia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napikia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapikia/napikia tunapikia
2nd person unapikia mnapikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapikia wanapikia
other classes positive subject concord + -napikia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pikii)
Singular Plural
1st person sipikii hatupikii
2nd person hupikii hampikii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapikii hawapikii
other classes negative subject concord + -pikii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapikia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapikia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pikie)
Singular Plural
1st person nipikie tupikie
2nd person upikie mpikie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apikie wapikie
other classes positive subject concord + -pikie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipikie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepikia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepikia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipikia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipikia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apikia)
Singular Plural
1st person napikia twapikia
2nd person wapikia mwapikia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apikia wapikia
m-mi(III/IV) wapikia yapikia
ji-ma(V/VI) lapikia yapikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapikia vyapikia
n(IX/X) yapikia zapikia
u(XI) wapikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapikia
pa(XVI) papikia
mu(XVIII) mwapikia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepikia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapikia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japikia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipikia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopikia
Consecutive kapikia / positive subject concord + -kapikia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapikie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipikia -tupikia
2nd person -kupikia -wapikia/-kupikieni/-wapikieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpikia -wapikia
m-mi(III/IV) -upikia -ipikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipikia -yapikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipikia -vipikia
n(IX/X) -ipikia -zipikia
u(XI) -upikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupikia
pa(XVI) -papikia
mu(XVIII) -mupikia
Reflexive -jipikia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pikia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pikiaye -pikiao
m-mi(III/IV) -pikiao -pikiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pikialo -pikiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pikiacho -pikiavyo
n(IX/X) -pikiayo -pikiazo
u(XI) -pikiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pikiako
pa(XVI) -pikiapo
mu(XVIII) -pikiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pikia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepikia -opikia
m-mi(III/IV) -opikia -yopikia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopikia -yopikia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopikia -vyopikia
n(IX/X) -yopikia -zopikia
u(XI) -opikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopikia
pa(XVI) -popikia
mu(XVIII) -mopikia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.