Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
-sihi (infinitive kusihi)
- to plead, to beg, to beseech, to supplicate
Conjugation of -sihi
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Positive present
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-nasihi
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Subjunctive
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-sihi
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Negative
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-sihi
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Imperative singular
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sihi
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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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husihi
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lisihi
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kusihi
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasihi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninasihi/nasihi
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tunasihi
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2nd person
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unasihi
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mnasihi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anasihi
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wanasihi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nasihi
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -sihi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sisihi
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hatusihi
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2nd person
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husihi
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hamsihi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hasihi
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hawasihi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -sihi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tasihi
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tasihi
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sihi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nisihi
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tusihi
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2nd person
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usihi
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msihi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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asihi
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wasihi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -sihi
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sisihi
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngesihi
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singesihi
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalisihi
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalisihi
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mesihi
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshasihi
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jasihi
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kisihi
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposihi
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Consecutive
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kasihi / positive subject concord + -kasihi
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kasihi
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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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