ainisha

Swahili

-ainisha (infinitive kuainisha)

Conjugation of -ainisha

Infinitives

Positive	kuainisha
Negative	kutoainisha

Imperatives

Singular	ainisha
Plural	ainisheni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huainisha
Positive past	positive subject concord + -liainisha
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuainisha

Positive present (positive subject concord + -naainisha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninaainisha/naainisha	tunaainisha
2nd person		unaainisha	mnaainisha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anaainisha	wanaainisha
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -naainisha

Negative present (negative subject concord + -ainishi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		siainishi	hatuainishi
2nd person		huainishi	hamwainishi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	haainishi	hawaainishi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -ainishi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ainishe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		niainishe	tuainishe
2nd person		uainishe	mwainishe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aainishe	waainishe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -ainishe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -siainishe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngeainisha
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singeainisha
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngaliainisha
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singaliainisha

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aainisha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		naainisha	twaainisha
2nd person		waainisha	mwaainisha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aainisha	waainisha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	waainisha	yaainisha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	laainisha	yaainisha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chaainisha	vyaainisha
	n_(IX/X)	yaainisha	zaainisha
	u_(XI)	waainisha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwaainisha
	pa_(XVI)	paainisha
	mu_(XVIII)	mwaainisha

Perfect	positive subject concord + -meainisha
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshaainisha
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jaainisha
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kiainisha
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipoainisha
Consecutive	kaainisha / positive subject concord + -kaainisha
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kaainishe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-niainisha	-tuainisha
2nd person		-kuainisha	-waainisha/-kuainisheni/-waainisheni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mwainisha	-waainisha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uainisha	-iainisha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-liainisha	-yaainisha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kiainisha	-viainisha
	n_(IX/X)	-iainisha	-ziainisha
	u_(XI)	-uainisha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuainisha
	pa_(XVI)	-paainisha
	mu_(XVIII)	-muainisha
Reflexive		-jiainisha

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ainisha- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-ainishaye	-ainishao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ainishao	-ainishayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-ainishalo	-ainishayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-ainishacho	-ainishavyo
n_(IX/X)	-ainishayo	-ainishazo
u_(XI)	-ainishao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-ainishako
pa_(XVI)	-ainishapo
mu_(XVIII)	-ainishamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ainisha)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yeainisha	-oainisha
m-mi_(III/IV)	-oainisha	-yoainisha
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-loainisha	-yoainisha
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-choainisha	-vyoainisha
n_(IX/X)	-yoainisha	-zoainisha
u_(XI)	-oainisha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-koainisha
pa_(XVI)	-poainisha
mu_(XVIII)	-moainisha

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

Nominal derivations:
- uainishaji (“classification”)
- uainisho (“classification”)