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taanisi

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Verb

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-taanisi (infinitive kutaanisi)

  1. to please, entertain

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -taanisi
Positive present -nataanisi
Subjunctive -taanisi
Negative -taanisi
Imperative singular taanisi
Infinitives
Positive kutaanisi
Negative kutotaanisi
Imperatives
Singular taanisi
Plural taanisini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaanisi
Positive past positive subject concord + -litaanisi
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaanisi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataanisi)
Singular Plural
1st person ninataanisi/nataanisi tunataanisi
2nd person unataanisi mnataanisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataanisi wanataanisi
other classes positive subject concord + -nataanisi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taanisi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitaanisi hatutaanisi
2nd person hutaanisi hamtaanisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataanisi hawataanisi
other classes negative subject concord + -taanisi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataanisi
Negative future negative subject concord + -tataanisi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taanisi)
Singular Plural
1st person nitaanisi tutaanisi
2nd person utaanisi mtaanisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataanisi wataanisi
other classes positive subject concord + -taanisi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaanisi
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaanisi
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaanisi
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaanisi
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaanisi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataanisi)
Singular Plural
1st person nataanisi twataanisi
2nd person wataanisi mwataanisi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataanisi wataanisi
m-mi(III/IV) wataanisi yataanisi
ji-ma(V/VI) lataanisi yataanisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataanisi vyataanisi
n(IX/X) yataanisi zataanisi
u(XI) wataanisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwataanisi
pa(XVI) pataanisi
mu(XVIII) mwataanisi
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaanisi
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshataanisi
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataanisi
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaanisi
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaanisi
Consecutive kataanisi / positive subject concord + -kataanisi
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataanisi
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitaanisi -tutaanisi
2nd person -kutaanisi -wataanisi/-kutaanisini/-wataanisini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaanisi -wataanisi
m-mi(III/IV) -utaanisi -itaanisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -litaanisi -yataanisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaanisi -vitaanisi
n(IX/X) -itaanisi -zitaanisi
u(XI) -utaanisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutaanisi
pa(XVI) -pataanisi
mu(XVIII) -mutaanisi
Reflexive -jitaanisi
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taanisi- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -taanisiye -taanisio
m-mi(III/IV) -taanisio -taanisiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -taanisilo -taanisiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taanisicho -taanisivyo
n(IX/X) -taanisiyo -taanisizo
u(XI) -taanisio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -taanisiko
pa(XVI) -taanisipo
mu(XVIII) -taanisimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taanisi)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetaanisi -otaanisi
m-mi(III/IV) -otaanisi -yotaanisi
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaanisi -yotaanisi
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaanisi -vyotaanisi
n(IX/X) -yotaanisi -zotaanisi
u(XI) -otaanisi see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotaanisi
pa(XVI) -potaanisi
mu(XVIII) -motaanisi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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