shufu
- Rōmaji transcription of しゅふ
Probably from Arabic شافَ (šāfa, “to look”).
-shufu (infinitive kushufu)
- to detect, notice, perceive
Conjugation of -shufu
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Positive present
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-nashufu
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Subjunctive
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-shufu
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Negative
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-shufu
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Imperative singular
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shufu
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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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hushufu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lishufu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kushufu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nashufu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninashufu/nashufu
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tunashufu
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2nd person
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unashufu
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mnashufu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anashufu
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wanashufu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nashufu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -shufu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sishufu
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hatushufu
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2nd person
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hushufu
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hamshufu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hashufu
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hawashufu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -shufu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tashufu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tashufu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shufu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nishufu
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tushufu
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2nd person
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ushufu
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mshufu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ashufu
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washufu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -shufu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sishufu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeshufu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeshufu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalishufu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalishufu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meshufu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshashufu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jashufu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kishufu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposhufu
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Consecutive
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kashufu / positive subject concord + -kashufu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kashufu
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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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