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Borrowed from Arabic سَهْل (sahl).
sahili (invariable)
- simple
- light
-sahili (infinitive kusahili)
- to simplify
Conjugation of -sahili
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Positive present
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-nasahili
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Subjunctive
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-sahili
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Negative
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-sahili
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Imperative singular
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sahili
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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husahili
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lisahili
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kusahili
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasahili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninasahili/nasahili
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tunasahili
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2nd person
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unasahili
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mnasahili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anasahili
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wanasahili
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nasahili
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -sahili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sisahili
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hatusahili
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2nd person
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husahili
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hamsahili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hasahili
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hawasahili
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -sahili
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tasahili
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tasahili
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sahili)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nisahili
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tusahili
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2nd person
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usahili
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msahili
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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asahili
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wasahili
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -sahili
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sisahili
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngesahili
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singesahili
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalisahili
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalisahili
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mesahili
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshasahili
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jasahili
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kisahili
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposahili
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Consecutive
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kasahili / positive subject concord + -kasahili
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kasahili
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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