alifu

Swahili

-alifu (infinitive kualifu)

Conjugation of -alifu

Infinitives

Positive	kualifu
Negative	kutoalifu

Imperatives

Singular	alifu
Plural	alifuni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hualifu
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lialifu
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kualifu

Positive present (positive subject concord + -naalifu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninaalifu/naalifu	tunaalifu
2nd person		unaalifu	mnaalifu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anaalifu	wanaalifu
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -naalifu

Negative present (negative subject concord + -alifu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sialifu	hatualifu
2nd person		hualifu	hamwalifu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	haalifu	hawaalifu
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -alifu

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -alifu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nialifu	tualifu
2nd person		ualifu	mwalifu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aalifu	waalifu
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -alifu

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sialifu
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngealifu
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singealifu
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalialifu
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalialifu

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aalifu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		naalifu	twaalifu
2nd person		waalifu	mwaalifu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aalifu	waalifu
	m-mi_(III/IV)	waalifu	yaalifu
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	laalifu	yaalifu
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chaalifu	vyaalifu
	n_(IX/X)	yaalifu	zaalifu
	u_(XI)	waalifu	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwaalifu
	pa_(XVI)	paalifu
	mu_(XVIII)	mwaalifu

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mealifu
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshaalifu
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jaalifu
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kialifu
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipoalifu
Consecutive	kaalifu / positive subject concord + -kaalifu
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kaalifu

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nialifu	-tualifu
2nd person		-kualifu	-waalifu/-kualifuni/-waalifuni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mwalifu	-waalifu
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ualifu	-ialifu
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lialifu	-yaalifu
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kialifu	-vialifu
	n_(IX/X)	-ialifu	-zialifu
	u_(XI)	-ualifu	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kualifu
	pa_(XVI)	-paalifu
	mu_(XVIII)	-mualifu
Reflexive		-jialifu

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -alifu- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-alifuye	-alifuo
m-mi_(III/IV)	-alifuo	-alifuyo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-alifulo	-alifuyo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-alifucho	-alifuvyo
n_(IX/X)	-alifuyo	-alifuzo
u_(XI)	-alifuo	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-alifuko
pa_(XVI)	-alifupo
mu_(XVIII)	-alifumo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -alifu)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yealifu	-oalifu
m-mi_(III/IV)	-oalifu	-yoalifu
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-loalifu	-yoalifu
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-choalifu	-vyoalifu
n_(IX/X)	-yoalifu	-zoalifu
u_(XI)	-oalifu	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-koalifu
pa_(XVI)	-poalifu
mu_(XVIII)	-moalifu

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