Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
-taanisi (infinitive kutaanisi)
- to please, entertain
Conjugation of -taanisi
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Positive present
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-nataanisi
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Subjunctive
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-taanisi
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Negative
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-taanisi
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Imperative singular
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taanisi
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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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hutaanisi
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litaanisi
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutaanisi
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataanisi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninataanisi/nataanisi
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tunataanisi
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2nd person
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unataanisi
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mnataanisi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anataanisi
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wanataanisi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nataanisi
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -taanisi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitaanisi
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hatutaanisi
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2nd person
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hutaanisi
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hamtaanisi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hataanisi
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hawataanisi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -taanisi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tataanisi
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tataanisi
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taanisi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitaanisi
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tutaanisi
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2nd person
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utaanisi
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mtaanisi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ataanisi
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wataanisi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -taanisi
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitaanisi
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetaanisi
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetaanisi
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitaanisi
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitaanisi
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metaanisi
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshataanisi
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jataanisi
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitaanisi
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotaanisi
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Consecutive
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kataanisi / positive subject concord + -kataanisi
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kataanisi
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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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