taabika

Swahili

Etymology

From taabu (“hardship, distress, misery, trouble”) +‎ -ika (stative affix).

Verb

-taabika (infinitive kutaabika)

1. to struggle, to be in difficulty, to be in a crisis

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taabika
Positive present -nataabika Subjunctive -taabike Negative -taabiki Imperative singular taabika
Infinitives
Positive kutaabika Negative kutotaabika
Imperatives
Singular taabika Plural taabikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaabika Positive past positive subject concord + -litaabika Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaabika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataabika) Singular Plural 1st person ninataabika/nataabika tunataabika 2nd person unataabika mnataabika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataabika wanataabika other classes positive subject concord + -nataabika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taabiki) Singular Plural 1st person sitaabiki hatutaabiki 2nd person hutaabiki hamtaabiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataabiki hawataabiki other classes negative subject concord + -taabiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataabika Negative future negative subject concord + -tataabika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taabike) Singular Plural 1st person nitaabike tutaabike 2nd person utaabike mtaabike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataabike wataabike other classes positive subject concord + -taabike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaabike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaabika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaabika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaabika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaabika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataabika) Singular Plural 1st person nataabika twataabika 2nd person wataabika mwataabika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataabika wataabika m-mi(III/IV) wataabika yataabika ji-ma(V/VI) lataabika yataabika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataabika vyataabika n(IX/X) yataabika zataabika u(XI) wataabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataabika pa(XVI) pataabika mu(XVIII) mwataabika
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaabika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataabika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataabika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaabika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaabika Consecutive kataabika / positive subject concord + -kataabika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataabike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaabika -tutaabika 2nd person -kutaabika -wataabika/-kutaabikeni/-wataabikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaabika -wataabika m-mi(III/IV) -utaabika -itaabika ji-ma(V/VI) -litaabika -yataabika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaabika -vitaabika n(IX/X) -itaabika -zitaabika u(XI) -utaabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaabika pa(XVI) -pataabika mu(XVIII) -mutaabika Reflexive -jitaabika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taabika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -taabikaye -taabikao m-mi(III/IV) -taabikao -taabikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -taabikalo -taabikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taabikacho -taabikavyo n(IX/X) -taabikayo -taabikazo u(XI) -taabikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -taabikako pa(XVI) -taabikapo mu(XVIII) -taabikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taabika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaabika -otaabika m-mi(III/IV) -otaabika -yotaabika ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaabika -yotaabika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaabika -vyotaabika n(IX/X) -yotaabika -zotaabika u(XI) -otaabika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaabika pa(XVI) -potaabika mu(XVIII) -motaabika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.