refuka

Swahili

Etymology

From -refu +‎ -ka (stative affix).

Verb

-refuka (infinitive kurefuka)

1. Stative form of -refu: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -refuka
Positive present -narefuka Subjunctive -refuke Negative -refuki Imperative singular refuka
Infinitives
Positive kurefuka Negative kutorefuka
Imperatives
Singular refuka Plural refukeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hurefuka Positive past positive subject concord + -lirefuka Negative past negative subject concord + -kurefuka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -narefuka) Singular Plural 1st person ninarefuka/narefuka tunarefuka 2nd person unarefuka mnarefuka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anarefuka wanarefuka other classes positive subject concord + -narefuka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -refuki) Singular Plural 1st person sirefuki haturefuki 2nd person hurefuki hamrefuki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) harefuki hawarefuki other classes negative subject concord + -refuki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tarefuka Negative future negative subject concord + -tarefuka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -refuke) Singular Plural 1st person nirefuke turefuke 2nd person urefuke mrefuke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arefuke warefuke other classes positive subject concord + -refuke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirefuke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngerefuka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singerefuka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalirefuka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalirefuka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -arefuka) Singular Plural 1st person narefuka twarefuka 2nd person warefuka mwarefuka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arefuka warefuka m-mi(III/IV) warefuka yarefuka ji-ma(V/VI) larefuka yarefuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) charefuka vyarefuka n(IX/X) yarefuka zarefuka u(XI) warefuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwarefuka pa(XVI) parefuka mu(XVIII) mwarefuka
Perfect positive subject concord + -merefuka "Already" positive subject concord + -mesharefuka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jarefuka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kirefuka "If not" positive subject concord + -siporefuka Consecutive karefuka / positive subject concord + -karefuka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karefuke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nirefuka -turefuka 2nd person -kurefuka -warefuka/-kurefukeni/-warefukeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mrefuka -warefuka m-mi(III/IV) -urefuka -irefuka ji-ma(V/VI) -lirefuka -yarefuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirefuka -virefuka n(IX/X) -irefuka -zirefuka u(XI) -urefuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kurefuka pa(XVI) -parefuka mu(XVIII) -murefuka Reflexive -jirefuka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -refuka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -refukaye -refukao m-mi(III/IV) -refukao -refukayo ji-ma(V/VI) -refukalo -refukayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -refukacho -refukavyo n(IX/X) -refukayo -refukazo u(XI) -refukao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -refukako pa(XVI) -refukapo mu(XVIII) -refukamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -refuka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yerefuka -orefuka m-mi(III/IV) -orefuka -yorefuka ji-ma(V/VI) -lorefuka -yorefuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorefuka -vyorefuka n(IX/X) -yorefuka -zorefuka u(XI) -orefuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -korefuka pa(XVI) -porefuka mu(XVIII) -morefuka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.