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Borrowed from Arabic صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa).
-sanifu (infinitive kusanifu)
- to compose with skill
Conjugation of -sanifu
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Positive present
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-nasanifu
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Subjunctive
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-sanifu
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Negative
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-sanifu
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Imperative singular
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sanifu
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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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husanifu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lisanifu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kusanifu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasanifu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninasanifu/nasanifu
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tunasanifu
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2nd person
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unasanifu
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mnasanifu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anasanifu
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wanasanifu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nasanifu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -sanifu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sisanifu
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hatusanifu
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2nd person
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husanifu
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hamsanifu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hasanifu
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hawasanifu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -sanifu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tasanifu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tasanifu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sanifu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nisanifu
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tusanifu
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2nd person
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usanifu
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msanifu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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asanifu
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wasanifu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -sanifu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sisanifu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngesanifu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singesanifu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalisanifu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalisanifu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mesanifu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshasanifu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jasanifu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kisanifu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposanifu
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Consecutive
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kasanifu / positive subject concord + -kasanifu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kasanifu
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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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sanifu (invariable)
- standard, proper
- Kiswahili sanifu ― Standard Swahili
- artfully made