taifishwa

Swahili

Verb

-taifishwa (infinitive kutaifishwa)

1. Passive form of -taifisha

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taifishwa
Positive present -nataifishwa Subjunctive -taifishwe Negative -taifishwi Imperative singular taifishwa
Infinitives
Positive kutaifishwa Negative kutotaifishwa
Imperatives
Singular taifishwa Plural taifishweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaifishwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litaifishwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaifishwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataifishwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninataifishwa/nataifishwa tunataifishwa 2nd person unataifishwa mnataifishwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataifishwa wanataifishwa other classes positive subject concord + -nataifishwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taifishwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitaifishwi hatutaifishwi 2nd person hutaifishwi hamtaifishwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataifishwi hawataifishwi other classes negative subject concord + -taifishwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataifishwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tataifishwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taifishwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitaifishwe tutaifishwe 2nd person utaifishwe mtaifishwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataifishwe wataifishwe other classes positive subject concord + -taifishwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaifishwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaifishwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaifishwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaifishwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaifishwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataifishwa) Singular Plural 1st person nataifishwa twataifishwa 2nd person wataifishwa mwataifishwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataifishwa wataifishwa m-mi(III/IV) wataifishwa yataifishwa ji-ma(V/VI) lataifishwa yataifishwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataifishwa vyataifishwa n(IX/X) yataifishwa zataifishwa u(XI) wataifishwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataifishwa pa(XVI) pataifishwa mu(XVIII) mwataifishwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaifishwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataifishwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataifishwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaifishwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaifishwa Consecutive kataifishwa / positive subject concord + -kataifishwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataifishwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaifishwa -tutaifishwa 2nd person -kutaifishwa -wataifishwa/-kutaifishweni/-wataifishweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaifishwa -wataifishwa m-mi(III/IV) -utaifishwa -itaifishwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litaifishwa -yataifishwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaifishwa -vitaifishwa n(IX/X) -itaifishwa -zitaifishwa u(XI) -utaifishwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaifishwa pa(XVI) -pataifishwa mu(XVIII) -mutaifishwa Reflexive -jitaifishwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taifishwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -taifishwaye -taifishwao m-mi(III/IV) -taifishwao -taifishwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -taifishwalo -taifishwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taifishwacho -taifishwavyo n(IX/X) -taifishwayo -taifishwazo u(XI) -taifishwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -taifishwako pa(XVI) -taifishwapo mu(XVIII) -taifishwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taifishwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaifishwa -otaifishwa m-mi(III/IV) -otaifishwa -yotaifishwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaifishwa -yotaifishwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaifishwa -vyotaifishwa n(IX/X) -yotaifishwa -zotaifishwa u(XI) -otaifishwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaifishwa pa(XVI) -potaifishwa mu(XVIII) -motaifishwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.