jibu

Swahili

jibu (ma class, plural majibu)

-jibu (infinitive kujibu)

Conjugation of -jibu

Infinitives

Positive	kujibu
Negative	kutojibu

Imperatives

Singular	jibu
Plural	jibuni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hujibu
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lijibu
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kujibu

Positive present (positive subject concord + -najibu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninajibu/najibu	tunajibu
2nd person		unajibu	mnajibu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anajibu	wanajibu
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -najibu

Negative present (negative subject concord + -jibu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sijibu	hatujibu
2nd person		hujibu	hamjibu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hajibu	hawajibu
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -jibu

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jibu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nijibu	tujibu
2nd person		ujibu	mjibu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ajibu	wajibu
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -jibu

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sijibu
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngejibu
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singejibu
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalijibu
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalijibu

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajibu)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		najibu	twajibu
2nd person		wajibu	mwajibu
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ajibu	wajibu
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wajibu	yajibu
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lajibu	yajibu
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chajibu	vyajibu
	n_(IX/X)	yajibu	zajibu
	u_(XI)	wajibu	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwajibu
	pa_(XVI)	pajibu
	mu_(XVIII)	mwajibu

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mejibu
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshajibu
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jajibu
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kijibu
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipojibu
Consecutive	kajibu / positive subject concord + -kajibu
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kajibu

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nijibu	-tujibu
2nd person		-kujibu	-wajibu/-kujibuni/-wajibuni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mjibu	-wajibu
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ujibu	-ijibu
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lijibu	-yajibu
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kijibu	-vijibu
	n_(IX/X)	-ijibu	-zijibu
	u_(XI)	-ujibu	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kujibu
	pa_(XVI)	-pajibu
	mu_(XVIII)	-mujibu
Reflexive		-jijibu

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jibu- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-jibuye	-jibuo
m-mi_(III/IV)	-jibuo	-jibuyo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-jibulo	-jibuyo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-jibucho	-jibuvyo
n_(IX/X)	-jibuyo	-jibuzo
u_(XI)	-jibuo	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-jibuko
pa_(XVI)	-jibupo
mu_(XVIII)	-jibumo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jibu)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yejibu	-ojibu
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ojibu	-yojibu
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lojibu	-yojibu
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chojibu	-vyojibu
n_(IX/X)	-yojibu	-zojibu
u_(XI)	-ojibu	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kojibu
pa_(XVI)	-pojibu
mu_(XVIII)	-mojibu

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

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -jibia
- Causative: -jibisha, -jibiza
- Passive: -jibiwa
- Reciprocal: -jibiana
- Stative: -jibika