From shughuli + -ika (stative affix).
-shughulika (infinitive kushughulika)
- to be busy, to be occupied, to be engaged
Conjugation of -shughulika
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hushughulika
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lishughulika
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kushughulika
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nashughulika)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninashughulika/nashughulika
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tunashughulika
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2nd person
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unashughulika
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mnashughulika
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anashughulika
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wanashughulika
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nashughulika
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -shughuliki)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sishughuliki
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hatushughuliki
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2nd person
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hushughuliki
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hamshughuliki
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hashughuliki
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hawashughuliki
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -shughuliki
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tashughulika
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tashughulika
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shughulike)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nishughulike
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tushughulike
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2nd person
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ushughulike
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mshughulike
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ashughulike
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washughulike
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -shughulike
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sishughulike
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeshughulika
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeshughulika
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalishughulika
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalishughulika
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meshughulika
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshashughulika
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jashughulika
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kishughulika
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposhughulika
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Consecutive
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kashughulika / positive subject concord + -kashughulika
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kashughulike
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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