ji-
ji-
singular | duoplural | plural | |||
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1st person | (yi)sh- | (y)ii- | deii- | ||
2nd person | ni- | (w)oh- | daah- | ||
3rd person | yi- | daa- | |||
4th person | ji- | daji- |
ji-
FromProto-Bantu*(d)i ̹-.
ji- (pluralma-)
ji- (pluralmaji-)
Many class V nouns have no prefix, in which case the plural is formed by simply prefixingma- to the word. This includes words that start with the augmentative prefixji-.
Only the adjective-pya takes the prefixji- in class V; its form isjipya. Some adjective starting with a vowel takej-, while possessive adjectives are irregular and takel-. Other adjectives take no prefix.
Nouns with a stem of more than one syllable and starting with a consonant get a zero prefix to form the augmentative:
ji-
person | independent | subject concord | object concord | combined forms | possessive | ||||
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affirmative | negative | na | ndi- | si- | |||||
singular | first | mimi | ni- | si- | -ni- | nami, namimi | ndimi,ndiye | simi,siye | -angu |
second | wewe | u- | hu- | -ku- | nawe, nawewe | ndiwe,ndiye | siwe,siye | -ako | |
third | yeye | a-,yu- | ha-,hayu- | -m-,-mw-,-mu- | naye, nayeye | ndiye | siye | -ake | |
plural | first | sisi | tu- | hatu- | -tu- | nasi, nasisi | ndisi,ndio | sio | -etu |
second | ninyi | m-,mw-,mu- | ham-,hamw-,hamu- | -wa- | nanyi, naninyi | ndinyi,ndio | sinyi,sio | -enu | |
third | wao | wa- | hawa- | -wa- | nao | ndio | sio | -ao | |
reflexive | — | — | -ji- | — | — | ||||
For a full table including other classes, seeAppendix:Swahili personal pronouns. |
ji-
Borrowed fromEnglishshe- as in "she-ass", "she-bear", "she-bitch", "she-goat", "she-wolf", "She-Ra".
ji-