faulu

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-faulu (infinitive kufaulu)

  1. to be successful
  2. to pass an exam
    Synonym: -pasi

Conjugation

Conjugation of -faulu
Positive present -nafaulu
Subjunctive -faulu
Negative -faulu
Imperative singular faulu
Infinitives
Positive kufaulu
Negative kutofaulu
Imperatives
Singular faulu
Plural fauluni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufaulu
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifaulu
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufaulu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafaulu)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafaulu/nafaulu tunafaulu
2nd person unafaulu mnafaulu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafaulu wanafaulu
other classes positive subject concord + -nafaulu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -faulu)
Singular Plural
1st person sifaulu hatufaulu
2nd person hufaulu hamfaulu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafaulu hawafaulu
other classes negative subject concord + -faulu
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafaulu
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafaulu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -faulu)
Singular Plural
1st person nifaulu tufaulu
2nd person ufaulu mfaulu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afaulu wafaulu
other classes positive subject concord + -faulu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifaulu
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefaulu
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefaulu
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifaulu
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifaulu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afaulu)
Singular Plural
1st person nafaulu twafaulu
2nd person wafaulu mwafaulu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afaulu wafaulu
m-mi(III/IV) wafaulu yafaulu
ji-ma(V/VI) lafaulu yafaulu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafaulu vyafaulu
n(IX/X) yafaulu zafaulu
u(XI) wafaulu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafaulu
pa(XVI) pafaulu
mu(XVIII) mwafaulu
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefaulu
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafaulu
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafaulu
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifaulu
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofaulu
Consecutive kafaulu / positive subject concord + -kafaulu
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafaulu
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifaulu -tufaulu
2nd person -kufaulu -wafaulu/-kufauluni/-wafauluni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfaulu -wafaulu
m-mi(III/IV) -ufaulu -ifaulu
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifaulu -yafaulu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifaulu -vifaulu
n(IX/X) -ifaulu -zifaulu
u(XI) -ufaulu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufaulu
pa(XVI) -pafaulu
mu(XVIII) -mufaulu
Reflexive -jifaulu
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -faulu- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fauluye -fauluo
m-mi(III/IV) -fauluo -fauluyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -faululo -fauluyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -faulucho -fauluvyo
n(IX/X) -fauluyo -fauluzo
u(XI) -fauluo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fauluko
pa(XVI) -faulupo
mu(XVIII) -faulumo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -faulu)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefaulu -ofaulu
m-mi(III/IV) -ofaulu -yofaulu
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofaulu -yofaulu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofaulu -vyofaulu
n(IX/X) -yofaulu -zofaulu
u(XI) -ofaulu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofaulu
pa(XVI) -pofaulu
mu(XVIII) -mofaulu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.