taarifu

Swahili

Etymology

From taarifa.

Verb

-taarifu (infinitive kutaarifu)

  1. to inform, report

Conjugation
Conjugation of -taarifu
Positive present -nataarifu
Subjunctive -taarifu
Negative -taarifu
Imperative singular taarifu
Infinitives
Positive kutaarifu
Negative kutotaarifu
Imperatives
Singular taarifu
Plural taarifuni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaarifu
Positive past positive subject concord + -litaarifu
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaarifu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataarifu)
Singular Plural
1st person ninataarifu/nataarifu tunataarifu
2nd person unataarifu mnataarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataarifu wanataarifu
other classes positive subject concord + -nataarifu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taarifu)
Singular Plural
1st person sitaarifu hatutaarifu
2nd person hutaarifu hamtaarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataarifu hawataarifu
other classes negative subject concord + -taarifu
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataarifu
Negative future negative subject concord + -tataarifu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taarifu)
Singular Plural
1st person nitaarifu tutaarifu
2nd person utaarifu mtaarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataarifu wataarifu
other classes positive subject concord + -taarifu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaarifu
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaarifu
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaarifu
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaarifu
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaarifu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataarifu)
Singular Plural
1st person nataarifu twataarifu
2nd person wataarifu mwataarifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataarifu wataarifu
m-mi(III/IV) wataarifu yataarifu
ji-ma(V/VI) lataarifu yataarifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataarifu vyataarifu
n(IX/X) yataarifu zataarifu
u(XI) wataarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwataarifu
pa(XVI) pataarifu
mu(XVIII) mwataarifu
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaarifu
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshataarifu
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataarifu
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaarifu
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaarifu
Consecutive kataarifu / positive subject concord + -kataarifu
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataarifu
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitaarifu -tutaarifu
2nd person -kutaarifu -wataarifu/-kutaarifuni/-wataarifuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaarifu -wataarifu
m-mi(III/IV) -utaarifu -itaarifu
ji-ma(V/VI) -litaarifu -yataarifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaarifu -vitaarifu
n(IX/X) -itaarifu -zitaarifu
u(XI) -utaarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutaarifu
pa(XVI) -pataarifu
mu(XVIII) -mutaarifu
Reflexive -jitaarifu
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taarifu- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -taarifuye -taarifuo
m-mi(III/IV) -taarifuo -taarifuyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -taarifulo -taarifuyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taarifucho -taarifuvyo
n(IX/X) -taarifuyo -taarifuzo
u(XI) -taarifuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -taarifuko
pa(XVI) -taarifupo
mu(XVIII) -taarifumo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taarifu)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetaarifu -otaarifu
m-mi(III/IV) -otaarifu -yotaarifu
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaarifu -yotaarifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaarifu -vyotaarifu
n(IX/X) -yotaarifu -zotaarifu
u(XI) -otaarifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotaarifu
pa(XVI) -potaarifu
mu(XVIII) -motaarifu
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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