sadifu

Swahili

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic صَادَفَ (ṣādafa).

Verb

-sadifu (infinitive kusadifu)

  1. to happen simultaneously, to coincide, to co-occur
Conjugation
Conjugation of -sadifu
Positive present -nasadifu
Subjunctive -sadifu
Negative -sadifu
Imperative singular sadifu
Infinitives
Positive kusadifu
Negative kutosadifu
Imperatives
Singular sadifu
Plural sadifuni
Tensed forms
Habitual husadifu
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisadifu
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusadifu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasadifu)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasadifu/nasadifu tunasadifu
2nd person unasadifu mnasadifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasadifu wanasadifu
other classes positive subject concord + -nasadifu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sadifu)
Singular Plural
1st person sisadifu hatusadifu
2nd person husadifu hamsadifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasadifu hawasadifu
other classes negative subject concord + -sadifu
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasadifu
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasadifu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sadifu)
Singular Plural
1st person nisadifu tusadifu
2nd person usadifu msadifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asadifu wasadifu
other classes positive subject concord + -sadifu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisadifu
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesadifu
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesadifu
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisadifu
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisadifu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asadifu)
Singular Plural
1st person nasadifu twasadifu
2nd person wasadifu mwasadifu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asadifu wasadifu
m-mi(III/IV) wasadifu yasadifu
ji-ma(V/VI) lasadifu yasadifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasadifu vyasadifu
n(IX/X) yasadifu zasadifu
u(XI) wasadifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasadifu
pa(XVI) pasadifu
mu(XVIII) mwasadifu
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesadifu
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasadifu
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasadifu
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisadifu
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposadifu
Consecutive kasadifu / positive subject concord + -kasadifu
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasadifu
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisadifu -tusadifu
2nd person -kusadifu -wasadifu/-kusadifuni/-wasadifuni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msadifu -wasadifu
m-mi(III/IV) -usadifu -isadifu
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisadifu -yasadifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisadifu -visadifu
n(IX/X) -isadifu -zisadifu
u(XI) -usadifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusadifu
pa(XVI) -pasadifu
mu(XVIII) -musadifu
Reflexive -jisadifu
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sadifu- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sadifuye -sadifuo
m-mi(III/IV) -sadifuo -sadifuyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sadifulo -sadifuyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sadifucho -sadifuvyo
n(IX/X) -sadifuyo -sadifuzo
u(XI) -sadifuo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sadifuko
pa(XVI) -sadifupo
mu(XVIII) -sadifumo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sadifu)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesadifu -osadifu
m-mi(III/IV) -osadifu -yosadifu
ji-ma(V/VI) -losadifu -yosadifu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosadifu -vyosadifu
n(IX/X) -yosadifu -zosadifu
u(XI) -osadifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosadifu
pa(XVI) -posadifu
mu(XVIII) -mosadifu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Etymology 2

From Arabic [Term?] +‎ -fu.

Adjective

sadifu (invariable)

  1. appropriate, proper, right
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