fichua

Swahili

-fichua (infinitive kufichua)

Conversive form of -ficha: to expose, disclose, uncover, unveil, reveal
kufichua siri ― to reveal a secret

Conjugation of -fichua

Infinitives

Positive	kufichua
Negative	kutofichua

Imperatives

Singular	fichua
Plural	fichueni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hufichua
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lifichua
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kufichua

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafichua)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninafichua/nafichua	tunafichua
2nd person		unafichua	mnafichua
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anafichua	wanafichua
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nafichua

Negative present (negative subject concord + -fichui)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sifichui	hatufichui
2nd person		hufichui	hamfichui
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hafichui	hawafichui
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -fichui

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fichue)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nifichue	tufichue
2nd person		ufichue	mfichue
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	afichue	wafichue
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -fichue

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sifichue
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngefichua
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singefichua
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalifichua
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalifichua

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afichua)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nafichua	twafichua
2nd person		wafichua	mwafichua
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	afichua	wafichua
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wafichua	yafichua
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lafichua	yafichua
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chafichua	vyafichua
	n_(IX/X)	yafichua	zafichua
	u_(XI)	wafichua	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwafichua
	pa_(XVI)	pafichua
	mu_(XVIII)	mwafichua

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mefichua
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshafichua
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jafichua
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kifichua
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipofichua
Consecutive	kafichua / positive subject concord + -kafichua
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kafichue

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nifichua	-tufichua
2nd person		-kufichua	-wafichua/-kufichueni/-wafichueni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mfichua	-wafichua
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ufichua	-ifichua
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lifichua	-yafichua
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kifichua	-vifichua
	n_(IX/X)	-ifichua	-zifichua
	u_(XI)	-ufichua	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kufichua
	pa_(XVI)	-pafichua
	mu_(XVIII)	-mufichua
Reflexive		-jifichua

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fichua- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-fichuaye	-fichuao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-fichuao	-fichuayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-fichualo	-fichuayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-fichuacho	-fichuavyo
n_(IX/X)	-fichuayo	-fichuazo
u_(XI)	-fichuao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-fichuako
pa_(XVI)	-fichuapo
mu_(XVIII)	-fichuamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fichua)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yefichua	-ofichua
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ofichua	-yofichua
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lofichua	-yofichua
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chofichua	-vyofichua
n_(IX/X)	-yofichua	-zofichua
u_(XI)	-ofichua	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kofichua
pa_(XVI)	-pofichua
mu_(XVIII)	-mofichua

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

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -fichulia
- Causative: -fichusha
- Passive: -fichuliwa (“to be revealed”)
- Reciprocal: -fichuana
- Stative: -fichuka