tarajia

Swahili

Alternative forms

• taraji

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَجَّى (tarajjā).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-tarajia (infinitive kutarajia)

1. to hope, to expect

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tarajia
Positive present -natarajia Subjunctive -tarajie Negative -tarajii Imperative singular tarajia
Infinitives
Positive kutarajia Negative kutotarajia
Imperatives
Singular tarajia Plural tarajieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutarajia Positive past positive subject concord + -litarajia Negative past negative subject concord + -kutarajia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natarajia) Singular Plural 1st person ninatarajia/natarajia tunatarajia 2nd person unatarajia mnatarajia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatarajia wanatarajia other classes positive subject concord + -natarajia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tarajii) Singular Plural 1st person sitarajii hatutarajii 2nd person hutarajii hamtarajii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatarajii hawatarajii other classes negative subject concord + -tarajii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatarajia Negative future negative subject concord + -tatarajia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tarajie) Singular Plural 1st person nitarajie tutarajie 2nd person utarajie mtarajie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atarajie watarajie other classes positive subject concord + -tarajie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitarajie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetarajia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetarajia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitarajia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitarajia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atarajia) Singular Plural 1st person natarajia twatarajia 2nd person watarajia mwatarajia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atarajia watarajia m-mi(III/IV) watarajia yatarajia ji-ma(V/VI) latarajia yatarajia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatarajia vyatarajia n(IX/X) yatarajia zatarajia u(XI) watarajia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatarajia pa(XVI) patarajia mu(XVIII) mwatarajia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metarajia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatarajia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatarajia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitarajia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotarajia Consecutive katarajia / positive subject concord + -katarajia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katarajie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitarajia -tutarajia 2nd person -kutarajia -watarajia/-kutarajieni/-watarajieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtarajia -watarajia m-mi(III/IV) -utarajia -itarajia ji-ma(V/VI) -litarajia -yatarajia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitarajia -vitarajia n(IX/X) -itarajia -zitarajia u(XI) -utarajia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutarajia pa(XVI) -patarajia mu(XVIII) -mutarajia Reflexive -jitarajia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tarajia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tarajiaye -tarajiao m-mi(III/IV) -tarajiao -tarajiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tarajialo -tarajiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tarajiacho -tarajiavyo n(IX/X) -tarajiayo -tarajiazo u(XI) -tarajiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tarajiako pa(XVI) -tarajiapo mu(XVIII) -tarajiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tarajia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetarajia -otarajia m-mi(III/IV) -otarajia -yotarajia ji-ma(V/VI) -lotarajia -yotarajia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotarajia -vyotarajia n(IX/X) -yotarajia -zotarajia u(XI) -otarajia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotarajia pa(XVI) -potarajia mu(XVIII) -motarajia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -tarajisha
  • Passive: -tarajiwa
  • Stative: -tarajika

• Nominal derivations:
  • tarajio (“hope, expectation”)