tafuta

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Japanese

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Romanization

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tafuta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of タフタ

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tafuta (infinitive kutafuta)

  1. to search (look throughout (a place) for something)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tafuta
Positive present -natafuta
Subjunctive -tafute
Negative -tafuti
Imperative singular tafuta
Infinitives
Positive kutafuta
Negative kutotafuta
Imperatives
Singular tafuta
Plural tafuteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutafuta
Positive past positive subject concord + -litafuta
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutafuta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafuta)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatafuta/natafuta tunatafuta
2nd person unatafuta mnatafuta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatafuta wanatafuta
other classes positive subject concord + -natafuta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafuti)
Singular Plural
1st person sitafuti hatutafuti
2nd person hutafuti hamtafuti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatafuti hawatafuti
other classes negative subject concord + -tafuti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatafuta
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatafuta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafute)
Singular Plural
1st person nitafute tutafute
2nd person utafute mtafute
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafute watafute
other classes positive subject concord + -tafute
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitafute
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetafuta
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetafuta
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitafuta
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitafuta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atafuta)
Singular Plural
1st person natafuta twatafuta
2nd person watafuta mwatafuta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafuta watafuta
m-mi(III/IV) watafuta yatafuta
ji-ma(V/VI) latafuta yatafuta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatafuta vyatafuta
n(IX/X) yatafuta zatafuta
u(XI) watafuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatafuta
pa(XVI) patafuta
mu(XVIII) mwatafuta
Perfect positive subject concord + -metafuta
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatafuta
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatafuta
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitafuta
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotafuta
Consecutive katafuta / positive subject concord + -katafuta
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katafute
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitafuta -tutafuta
2nd person -kutafuta -watafuta/-kutafuteni/-watafuteni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtafuta -watafuta
m-mi(III/IV) -utafuta -itafuta
ji-ma(V/VI) -litafuta -yatafuta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitafuta -vitafuta
n(IX/X) -itafuta -zitafuta
u(XI) -utafuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutafuta
pa(XVI) -patafuta
mu(XVIII) -mutafuta
Reflexive -jitafuta
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafuta- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tafutaye -tafutao
m-mi(III/IV) -tafutao -tafutayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tafutalo -tafutayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tafutacho -tafutavyo
n(IX/X) -tafutayo -tafutazo
u(XI) -tafutao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tafutako
pa(XVI) -tafutapo
mu(XVIII) -tafutamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafuta)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetafuta -otafuta
m-mi(III/IV) -otafuta -yotafuta
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotafuta -yotafuta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotafuta -vyotafuta
n(IX/X) -yotafuta -zotafuta
u(XI) -otafuta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotafuta
pa(XVI) -potafuta
mu(XVIII) -motafuta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.