Borrowed from Arabic زَادَ (zāda).
-zidi (infinitive kuzidi)
- to surpass
- to increase
Conjugation of -zidi
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Positive present
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-nazidi
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Subjunctive
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-zidi
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Negative
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-zidi
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Imperative singular
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zidi
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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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huzidi
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lizidi
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuzidi
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazidi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninazidi/nazidi
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tunazidi
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2nd person
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unazidi
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mnazidi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anazidi
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wanazidi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nazidi
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -zidi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sizidi
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hatuzidi
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2nd person
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huzidi
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hamzidi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hazidi
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hawazidi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -zidi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tazidi
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tazidi
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zidi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nizidi
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tuzidi
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2nd person
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uzidi
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mzidi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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azidi
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wazidi
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -zidi
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sizidi
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngezidi
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singezidi
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalizidi
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalizidi
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mezidi
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshazidi
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jazidi
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kizidi
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipozidi
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Consecutive
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kazidi / positive subject concord + -kazidi
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kazidi
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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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- ziada (“surplus, balance”)