saidiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-saidiwa (infinitive kusaidiwa)

1. Passive form of -saidia: to be helped, to be assisted

Conjugation

Conjugation of -saidiwa
Positive present -nasaidiwa Subjunctive -saidiwe Negative -saidiwi Imperative singular saidiwa
Infinitives
Positive kusaidiwa Negative kutosaidiwa
Imperatives
Singular saidiwa Plural saidiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual husaidiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lisaidiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kusaidiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasaidiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninasaidiwa/nasaidiwa tunasaidiwa 2nd person unasaidiwa mnasaidiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasaidiwa wanasaidiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nasaidiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -saidiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sisaidiwi hatusaidiwi 2nd person husaidiwi hamsaidiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasaidiwi hawasaidiwi other classes negative subject concord + -saidiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasaidiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tasaidiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -saidiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nisaidiwe tusaidiwe 2nd person usaidiwe msaidiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asaidiwe wasaidiwe other classes positive subject concord + -saidiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisaidiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesaidiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesaidiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisaidiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisaidiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asaidiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nasaidiwa twasaidiwa 2nd person wasaidiwa mwasaidiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asaidiwa wasaidiwa m-mi(III/IV) wasaidiwa yasaidiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lasaidiwa yasaidiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasaidiwa vyasaidiwa n(IX/X) yasaidiwa zasaidiwa u(XI) wasaidiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasaidiwa pa(XVI) pasaidiwa mu(XVIII) mwasaidiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesaidiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasaidiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasaidiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisaidiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -siposaidiwa Consecutive kasaidiwa / positive subject concord + -kasaidiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasaidiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisaidiwa -tusaidiwa 2nd person -kusaidiwa -wasaidiwa/-kusaidiweni/-wasaidiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msaidiwa -wasaidiwa m-mi(III/IV) -usaidiwa -isaidiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lisaidiwa -yasaidiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisaidiwa -visaidiwa n(IX/X) -isaidiwa -zisaidiwa u(XI) -usaidiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusaidiwa pa(XVI) -pasaidiwa mu(XVIII) -musaidiwa Reflexive -jisaidiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -saidiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -saidiwaye -saidiwao m-mi(III/IV) -saidiwao -saidiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -saidiwalo -saidiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -saidiwacho -saidiwavyo n(IX/X) -saidiwayo -saidiwazo u(XI) -saidiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -saidiwako pa(XVI) -saidiwapo mu(XVIII) -saidiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -saidiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesaidiwa -osaidiwa m-mi(III/IV) -osaidiwa -yosaidiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -losaidiwa -yosaidiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosaidiwa -vyosaidiwa n(IX/X) -yosaidiwa -zosaidiwa u(XI) -osaidiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosaidiwa pa(XVI) -posaidiwa mu(XVIII) -mosaidiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.