Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English fine.
Pronunciation[edit]
faini (n class, plural faini)
- a fine (a payment for breaking the law)
-faini (infinitive kufaini)
- to fine someone (to issue a fine as punishment)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of -faini
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Positive present
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-nafaini
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Subjunctive
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-faini
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Negative
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-faini
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Imperative singular
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faini
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hufaini
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lifaini
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kufaini
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafaini)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninafaini/nafaini
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tunafaini
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2nd person
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unafaini
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mnafaini
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anafaini
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wanafaini
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nafaini
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -faini)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sifaini
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hatufaini
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2nd person
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hufaini
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hamfaini
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hafaini
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hawafaini
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -faini
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tafaini
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tafaini
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -faini)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nifaini
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tufaini
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2nd person
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ufaini
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mfaini
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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afaini
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wafaini
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -faini
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sifaini
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngefaini
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singefaini
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalifaini
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalifaini
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mefaini
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshafaini
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jafaini
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kifaini
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipofaini
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Consecutive
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kafaini / positive subject concord + -kafaini
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kafaini
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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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