See tafiti in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "negative subject concord + -kutafiti",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "ninatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "natafiti",
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"form": "tunatafiti",
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"form": "unatafiti",
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"form": "mnatafiti",
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{
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"negative",
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"present"
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"form": "hutafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"negative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"form": "hamtafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
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"form": "hatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tatafiti",
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{
"form": "negative subject concord + -tatafiti",
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"future",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"form": "nitafiti",
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"first-person",
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"form": "tutafiti",
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"first-person",
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{
"form": "utafiti",
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"second-person",
"singular",
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"form": "mtafiti",
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"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
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{
"form": "atafiti",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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"form": "watafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tafiti",
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"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"form": "sw-conj",
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"form": "positive subject concord + -sitafiti",
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"negative",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngetafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"present"
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singetafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"present"
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalitafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"past"
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalitafiti",
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{
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "natafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "twatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "watafiti",
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"gnomic",
"second-person",
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"form": "mwatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
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},
{
"form": "atafiti",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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{
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"plural",
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{
"form": "latafiti",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
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"form": "chatafiti",
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"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"class-8",
"gnomic",
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"form": "yatafiti",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "watafiti",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "kwatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "patafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-18",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -metafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jatafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kitafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "katafiti / positive subject concord + -katafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -katafiti",
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{
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-watafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kutafitini",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-watafitini",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mtafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-watafiti",
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"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-utafiti",
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"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-itafiti",
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"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
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},
{
"form": "-litafiti",
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"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yatafiti",
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"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-vitafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-itafiti",
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"tags": [
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"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zitafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-utafiti",
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"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kutafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-patafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mutafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jitafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafiti- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitilo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafiticho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitivyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiyo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitizo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitio",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiko",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitipo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafiti)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yetafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"relative",
"singular"
]
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"class-6",
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},
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"class-8",
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"relative",
"singular"
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"object-concord",
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"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kotafiti",
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"relative",
"singular"
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"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
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{
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"relative",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "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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"relative"
]
}
],
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"to inquire"
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},
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},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "tafiti",
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},
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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},
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"form": "hutafiti",
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},
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"form": "negative subject concord + -kutafiti",
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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]
},
{
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},
{
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"first-person",
"present",
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]
},
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},
{
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"singular"
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},
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"form": "mnatafiti",
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "anatafiti",
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"third-person"
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},
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"plural",
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},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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]
},
{
"form": "sitafiti",
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"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatutafiti",
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"negative",
"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "hutafiti",
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},
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"present",
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},
{
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"plural",
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tatafiti",
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{
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},
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},
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]
},
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"plural",
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]
},
{
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"singular",
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},
{
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"second-person",
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},
{
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"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tafiti",
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"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sitafiti",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngetafiti",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singetafiti",
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"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalitafiti",
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalitafiti",
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
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},
{
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"gnomic",
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]
},
{
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"gnomic",
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]
},
{
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"second-person",
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]
},
{
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"class-2",
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"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"class-4",
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"singular",
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"class-4",
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"plural",
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},
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"singular",
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]
},
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},
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"class-8",
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},
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},
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},
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"plural",
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]
},
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"form": "watafiti",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "patafiti",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwatafiti",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -metafiti",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshatafiti",
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},
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"form": "negative subject concord + -jatafiti",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kitafiti",
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipotafiti",
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]
},
{
"form": "katafiti / positive subject concord + -katafiti",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -katafiti",
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"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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]
},
{
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},
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"plural"
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},
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"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"plural",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"indicative",
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"plural",
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"third-person"
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},
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
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},
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mutafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jitafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafiti- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitilo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafiticho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitivyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitizo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitiko",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitipo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafitimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafiti)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yetafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-lotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-chotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kotafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-potafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-motafiti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "sw-verb"
}
],
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}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to research, investigate"
],
"links": [
[
"research",
"research"
],
[
"investigate",
"investigate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to inquire"
],
"links": [
[
"inquire",
"inquire"
]
]
}
],
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}
],
"word": "tafiti"
}
Download raw JSONL data for tafiti meaning in Swahili (17.7kB)
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