taabisha

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From taabu (hardship, distress, misery, trouble) +‎ -isha (causative affix).

Verb

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-taabisha (infinitive kutaabisha)

  1. to cause misery or trouble

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -taabisha
Positive present -nataabisha
Subjunctive -taabishe
Negative -taabishi
Imperative singular taabisha
Infinitives
Positive kutaabisha
Negative kutotaabisha
Imperatives
Singular taabisha
Plural taabisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaabisha
Positive past positive subject concord + -litaabisha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaabisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataabisha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninataabisha/nataabisha tunataabisha
2nd person unataabisha mnataabisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataabisha wanataabisha
other classes positive subject concord + -nataabisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taabishi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitaabishi hatutaabishi
2nd person hutaabishi hamtaabishi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataabishi hawataabishi
other classes negative subject concord + -taabishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataabisha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tataabisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taabishe)
Singular Plural
1st person nitaabishe tutaabishe
2nd person utaabishe mtaabishe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataabishe wataabishe
other classes positive subject concord + -taabishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaabishe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaabisha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaabisha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaabisha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaabisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataabisha)
Singular Plural
1st person nataabisha twataabisha
2nd person wataabisha mwataabisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataabisha wataabisha
m-mi(III/IV) wataabisha yataabisha
ji-ma(V/VI) lataabisha yataabisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataabisha vyataabisha
n(IX/X) yataabisha zataabisha
u(XI) wataabisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwataabisha
pa(XVI) pataabisha
mu(XVIII) mwataabisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaabisha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshataabisha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataabisha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaabisha
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaabisha
Consecutive kataabisha / positive subject concord + -kataabisha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataabishe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitaabisha -tutaabisha
2nd person -kutaabisha -wataabisha/-kutaabisheni/-wataabisheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaabisha -wataabisha
m-mi(III/IV) -utaabisha -itaabisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -litaabisha -yataabisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaabisha -vitaabisha
n(IX/X) -itaabisha -zitaabisha
u(XI) -utaabisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutaabisha
pa(XVI) -pataabisha
mu(XVIII) -mutaabisha
Reflexive -jitaabisha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taabisha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -taabishaye -taabishao
m-mi(III/IV) -taabishao -taabishayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -taabishalo -taabishayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taabishacho -taabishavyo
n(IX/X) -taabishayo -taabishazo
u(XI) -taabishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -taabishako
pa(XVI) -taabishapo
mu(XVIII) -taabishamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taabisha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetaabisha -otaabisha
m-mi(III/IV) -otaabisha -yotaabisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaabisha -yotaabisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaabisha -vyotaabisha
n(IX/X) -yotaabisha -zotaabisha
u(XI) -otaabisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotaabisha
pa(XVI) -potaabisha
mu(XVIII) -motaabisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.