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sababika

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Swahili

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Verb

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-sababika (infinitive kusababika)

  1. Stative form of sababu

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -sababika
Positive present -nasababika
Subjunctive -sababike
Negative -sababiki
Imperative singular sababika
Infinitives
Positive kusababika
Negative kutosababika
Imperatives
Singular sababika
Plural sababikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husababika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisababika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusababika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasababika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasababika/nasababika tunasababika
2nd person unasababika mnasababika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasababika wanasababika
other classes positive subject concord + -nasababika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sababiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sisababiki hatusababiki
2nd person husababiki hamsababiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasababiki hawasababiki
other classes negative subject concord + -sababiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasababika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasababika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sababike)
Singular Plural
1st person nisababike tusababike
2nd person usababike msababike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asababike wasababike
other classes positive subject concord + -sababike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisababike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesababika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesababika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisababika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisababika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asababika)
Singular Plural
1st person nasababika twasababika
2nd person wasababika mwasababika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asababika wasababika
m-mi(III/IV) wasababika yasababika
ji-ma(V/VI) lasababika yasababika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasababika vyasababika
n(IX/X) yasababika zasababika
u(XI) wasababika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasababika
pa(XVI) pasababika
mu(XVIII) mwasababika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesababika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasababika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasababika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisababika
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposababika
Consecutive kasababika / positive subject concord + -kasababika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasababike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisababika -tusababika
2nd person -kusababika -wasababika/-kusababikeni/-wasababikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msababika -wasababika
m-mi(III/IV) -usababika -isababika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisababika -yasababika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisababika -visababika
n(IX/X) -isababika -zisababika
u(XI) -usababika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusababika
pa(XVI) -pasababika
mu(XVIII) -musababika
Reflexive -jisababika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sababika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sababikaye -sababikao
m-mi(III/IV) -sababikao -sababikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sababikalo -sababikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sababikacho -sababikavyo
n(IX/X) -sababikayo -sababikazo
u(XI) -sababikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sababikako
pa(XVI) -sababikapo
mu(XVIII) -sababikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sababika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesababika -osababika
m-mi(III/IV) -osababika -yosababika
ji-ma(V/VI) -losababika -yosababika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosababika -vyosababika
n(IX/X) -yosababika -zosababika
u(XI) -osababika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosababika
pa(XVI) -posababika
mu(XVIII) -mosababika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.