From taabu (“hardship, distress, misery, trouble”) + -isha (causative affix).
-taabisha (infinitive kutaabisha)
- to cause misery or trouble
Conjugation of -taabisha
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Positive present
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-nataabisha
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Subjunctive
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-taabishe
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Negative
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-taabishi
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Imperative singular
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taabisha
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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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hutaabisha
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litaabisha
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutaabisha
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataabisha)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninataabisha/nataabisha
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tunataabisha
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2nd person
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unataabisha
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mnataabisha
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anataabisha
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wanataabisha
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nataabisha
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -taabishi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitaabishi
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hatutaabishi
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2nd person
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hutaabishi
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hamtaabishi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hataabishi
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hawataabishi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -taabishi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tataabisha
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tataabisha
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taabishe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitaabishe
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tutaabishe
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2nd person
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utaabishe
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mtaabishe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ataabishe
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wataabishe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -taabishe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitaabishe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetaabisha
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetaabisha
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitaabisha
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitaabisha
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metaabisha
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshataabisha
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jataabisha
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitaabisha
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotaabisha
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Consecutive
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kataabisha / positive subject concord + -kataabisha
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kataabishe
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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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