bakisha

Swahili

-bakisha (infinitive kubakisha)

Conjugation of -bakisha

Infinitives

Positive	kubakisha
Negative	kutobakisha

Imperatives

Singular	bakisha
Plural	bakisheni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hubakisha
Positive past	positive subject concord + -libakisha
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kubakisha

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabakisha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninabakisha/nabakisha	tunabakisha
2nd person		unabakisha	mnabakisha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anabakisha	wanabakisha
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nabakisha

Negative present (negative subject concord + -bakishi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sibakishi	hatubakishi
2nd person		hubakishi	hambakishi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	habakishi	hawabakishi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -bakishi

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tabakisha
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tabakisha

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bakishe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nibakishe	tubakishe
2nd person		ubakishe	mbakishe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	abakishe	wabakishe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -bakishe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sibakishe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngebakisha
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singebakisha
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalibakisha
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalibakisha

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abakisha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nabakisha	twabakisha
2nd person		wabakisha	mwabakisha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	abakisha	wabakisha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wabakisha	yabakisha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	labakisha	yabakisha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chabakisha	vyabakisha
	n_(IX/X)	yabakisha	zabakisha
	u_(XI)	wabakisha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwabakisha
	pa_(XVI)	pabakisha
	mu_(XVIII)	mwabakisha

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mebakisha
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshabakisha
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jabakisha
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kibakisha
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipobakisha
Consecutive	kabakisha / positive subject concord + -kabakisha
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kabakishe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nibakisha	-tubakisha
2nd person		-kubakisha	-wabakisha/-kubakisheni/-wabakisheni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mbakisha	-wabakisha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ubakisha	-ibakisha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-libakisha	-yabakisha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kibakisha	-vibakisha
	n_(IX/X)	-ibakisha	-zibakisha
	u_(XI)	-ubakisha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kubakisha
	pa_(XVI)	-pabakisha
	mu_(XVIII)	-mubakisha
Reflexive		-jibakisha

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bakisha- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-bakishaye	-bakishao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-bakishao	-bakishayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-bakishalo	-bakishayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-bakishacho	-bakishavyo
n_(IX/X)	-bakishayo	-bakishazo
u_(XI)	-bakishao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-bakishako
pa_(XVI)	-bakishapo
mu_(XVIII)	-bakishamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bakisha)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yebakisha	-obakisha
m-mi_(III/IV)	-obakisha	-yobakisha
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lobakisha	-yobakisha
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chobakisha	-vyobakisha
n_(IX/X)	-yobakisha	-zobakisha
u_(XI)	-obakisha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kobakisha
pa_(XVI)	-pobakisha
mu_(XVIII)	-mobakisha

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.