tanabahi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَنَبَّهَ (tanabbaha).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tanabahi (infinitive kutanabahi)

1. to realise, recall, pay attention, notice, observe

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tanabahi
Positive present -natanabahi Subjunctive -tanabahi Negative -tanabahi Imperative singular tanabahi
Infinitives
Positive kutanabahi Negative kutotanabahi
Imperatives
Singular tanabahi Plural tanabahini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutanabahi Positive past positive subject concord + -litanabahi Negative past negative subject concord + -kutanabahi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natanabahi) Singular Plural 1st person ninatanabahi/natanabahi tunatanabahi 2nd person unatanabahi mnatanabahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatanabahi wanatanabahi other classes positive subject concord + -natanabahi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tanabahi) Singular Plural 1st person sitanabahi hatutanabahi 2nd person hutanabahi hamtanabahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatanabahi hawatanabahi other classes negative subject concord + -tanabahi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatanabahi Negative future negative subject concord + -tatanabahi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tanabahi) Singular Plural 1st person nitanabahi tutanabahi 2nd person utanabahi mtanabahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atanabahi watanabahi other classes positive subject concord + -tanabahi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitanabahi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetanabahi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetanabahi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitanabahi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitanabahi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atanabahi) Singular Plural 1st person natanabahi twatanabahi 2nd person watanabahi mwatanabahi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atanabahi watanabahi m-mi(III/IV) watanabahi yatanabahi ji-ma(V/VI) latanabahi yatanabahi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatanabahi vyatanabahi n(IX/X) yatanabahi zatanabahi u(XI) watanabahi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatanabahi pa(XVI) patanabahi mu(XVIII) mwatanabahi
Perfect positive subject concord + -metanabahi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatanabahi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatanabahi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitanabahi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotanabahi Consecutive katanabahi / positive subject concord + -katanabahi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katanabahi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitanabahi -tutanabahi 2nd person -kutanabahi -watanabahi/-kutanabahini/-watanabahini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtanabahi -watanabahi m-mi(III/IV) -utanabahi -itanabahi ji-ma(V/VI) -litanabahi -yatanabahi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitanabahi -vitanabahi n(IX/X) -itanabahi -zitanabahi u(XI) -utanabahi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutanabahi pa(XVI) -patanabahi mu(XVIII) -mutanabahi Reflexive -jitanabahi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tanabahi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tanabahiye -tanabahio m-mi(III/IV) -tanabahio -tanabahiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tanabahilo -tanabahiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tanabahicho -tanabahivyo n(IX/X) -tanabahiyo -tanabahizo u(XI) -tanabahio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tanabahiko pa(XVI) -tanabahipo mu(XVIII) -tanabahimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tanabahi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetanabahi -otanabahi m-mi(III/IV) -otanabahi -yotanabahi ji-ma(V/VI) -lotanabahi -yotanabahi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotanabahi -vyotanabahi n(IX/X) -yotanabahi -zotanabahi u(XI) -otanabahi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotanabahi pa(XVI) -potanabahi mu(XVIII) -motanabahi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.