Borrowed from Arabic صَبَرَ (ṣabara).
-subiri (infinitive kusubiri)
- to wait (for)
Conjugation of -subiri
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Positive present
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-nasubiri
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Subjunctive
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-subiri
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Negative
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-subiri
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Imperative singular
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subiri
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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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husubiri
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lisubiri
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kusubiri
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasubiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninasubiri/nasubiri
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tunasubiri
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2nd person
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unasubiri
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mnasubiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anasubiri
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wanasubiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nasubiri
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -subiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sisubiri
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hatusubiri
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2nd person
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husubiri
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hamsubiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hasubiri
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hawasubiri
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -subiri
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tasubiri
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tasubiri
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -subiri)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nisubiri
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tusubiri
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2nd person
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usubiri
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msubiri
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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asubiri
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wasubiri
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -subiri
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sisubiri
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngesubiri
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singesubiri
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalisubiri
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalisubiri
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mesubiri
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshasubiri
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jasubiri
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kisubiri
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposubiri
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Consecutive
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kasubiri / positive subject concord + -kasubiri
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kasubiri
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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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