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Conjugation of {{{title}}}
Positive present
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Subjunctive
{{{subj}}}
Negative
{{{neg}}}
Imperative singular
{{{imp_s}}}
Infinitives
Positive
{{{inf}}}
Negative
{{{inf_n}}}
Imperatives
Singular
{{{imp_s}}}
Plural
{{{imp_p}}}
Tensed forms
Habitual
{{{hab}}}
Positive past
positive subject concord + {{{past_p}}}
Negative past
negative subject concord + {{{past_n}}}
Positive present (positive subject concord + {{{pres_p}}})
Singular
Plural
1st person
{{{pres_p_1s}}}
{{{pres_p_1p}}}
2nd person
{{{pres_p_2s}}}
{{{pres_p_2p}}}
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
{{{pres_p_3s}}}
{{{pres_p_3p}}}
other classes
positive subject concord + {{{pres_p}}}
Negative present (negative subject concord + {{{neg}}})
Singular
Plural
1st person
{{{pres_n_1s}}}
{{{pres_n_1p}}}
2nd person
{{{pres_n_2s}}}
{{{pres_n_2p}}}
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
{{{pres_n_3s}}}
{{{pres_n_3p}}}
other classes
negative subject concord + {{{neg}}}
Positive future
positive subject concord + {{{fut_p}}}
Negative future
negative subject concord + {{{fut_n}}}
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + {{{subj}}})
Singular
Plural
1st person
{{{subj_p_1s}}}
{{{subj_p_1p}}}
2nd person
{{{subj_p_2s}}}
{{{subj_p_2p}}}
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
{{{subj_p_3s}}}
{{{subj_p_3p}}}
other classes
positive subject concord + {{{subj}}}
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + {{{subj_n}}}
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + {{{cond_pres_p}}}
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + {{{cond_pres_n}}}
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + {{{cond_past_p}}}
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + {{{cond_past_n}}}
Perfect
positive subject concord + {{{perf}}}
"Already"
positive subject concord + {{{alr}}}
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + {{{ny}}}
"If/When"
positive subject concord + {{{ifw}}}
"If not"
positive subject concord + {{{ifn}}}
Consecutive
{{{tele}}} / positive subject concord + {{{cons_i}}}
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + {{{cons_s}}}
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular
Plural
1st person
{{{obj_1s_ip}}}
{{{obj_1p_ip}}}
2nd person
{{{obj_2s_ip}}}
{{{obj_2p_ip}}}
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
{{{obj_3s_ip}}}
{{{obj_3p_ip}}}
m-mi(III/IV)
{{{obj_3c_ip}}}
{{{obj_4c_ip}}}
ji-ma(V/VI)
{{{obj_5c_ip}}}
{{{obj_6c_ip}}}
ki-vi(VII/VIII)
{{{obj_7c_ip}}}
{{{obj_8c_ip}}}
n(IX/X)
{{{obj_9c_ip}}}
{{{obj_10c_ip}}}
u(XI)
{{{obj_11c_ip}}}
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII)
{{{obj_15c_ip}}}
pa(XVI)
{{{obj_16c_ip}}}
mu(XVIII)
{{{obj_18c_ip}}}
Reflexive
{{{obj_refl_ip}}}
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord ) + -{{{ip}}}- + relative marker )
Singular
Plural
m-wa(I/II)
{{{oref_gen_1c}}}
{{{oref_gen_2c}}}
m-mi(III/IV)
{{{oref_gen_3c}}}
{{{oref_gen_4c}}}
ji-ma(V/VI)
{{{oref_gen_5c}}}
{{{oref_gen_6c}}}
ki-vi(VII/VIII)
{{{oref_gen_7c}}}
{{{oref_gen_8c}}}
n(IX/X)
{{{oref_gen_9c}}}
{{{oref_gen_10c}}}
u(XI)
{{{oref_gen_11c}}}
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII)
{{{oref_gen_15c}}}
pa(XVI)
{{{oref_gen_16c}}}
mu(XVIII)
{{{oref_gen_18c}}}
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord ) + -{{{oref_other_stem}}})
Singular
Plural
m-wa(I/II)
{{{oref_other_1c}}}
{{{oref_other_2c}}}
m-mi(III/IV)
{{{oref_other_3c}}}
{{{oref_other_4c}}}
ji-ma(V/VI)
{{{oref_other_5c}}}
{{{oref_other_6c}}}
ki-vi(VII/VIII)
{{{oref_other_7c}}}
{{{oref_other_8c}}}
n(IX/X)
{{{oref_other_9c}}}
{{{oref_other_10c}}}
u(XI)
{{{oref_other_11c}}}
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII)
{{{oref_other_15c}}}
pa(XVI)
{{{oref_other_16c}}}
mu(XVIII)
{{{oref_other_18c}}}
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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Conjugation of -pa (obligatory object concord)
Subjunctive
-pe
Negative
-pi
Object concord
Indicative positive
Singular
Plural
1st person
-ni pa
-tu pa
2nd person
-ku pa
-wa pa/-ku peni/-wa peni
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
-m pa
-wa pa
other classes
—
Reflexive
-ji pa
Subjunctive
Singular
Plural
1st person
-ni pe
-tu pe
2nd person
-ku pe
-wa pe
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
-m pe
-wa pe
other classes
—
Reflexive
-ji pe
Indicative negative
Singular
Plural
1st person
-ni pi
-tu pi
2nd person
-ku pi
-wa pi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
-m pi
-wa pi
other classes
—
Reflexive
-ji pi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -ambia (obligatory object concord)
Object concord
Indicative positive
Singular
Plural
1st person
-ni ambia
-tu ambia
2nd person
-ku ambia
-wa ambia/-ku ambieni/-wa ambieni
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
-mw ambia
-wa ambia
other classes
—
Reflexive
-ji ambia
Subjunctive
Singular
Plural
1st person
-ni ambie
-tu ambie
2nd person
-ku ambie
-wa ambie
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
-mw ambie
-wa ambie
other classes
—
Reflexive
-ji ambie
Indicative negative
Singular
Plural
1st person
-ni ambii
-tu ambii
2nd person
-ku ambii
-wa ambii
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
-mw ambii
-wa ambii
other classes
—
Reflexive
-ji ambii
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -ona
Positive present
-na ona
Subjunctive
-one
Negative
-oni
Imperative singular
ona
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huona
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li ona
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku ona
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na ona)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni naona/na ona
tu naona
2nd person
u naona
m naona
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a naona
wa naona
other classes
positive subject concord + -na ona
Negative present (negative subject concord + -oni )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si oni
hatu oni
2nd person
hu oni
hamw oni
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha oni
hawa oni
other classes
negative subject concord + -oni
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta ona
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta ona
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -one )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni one
tu one
2nd person
u one
mw one
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a one
wa one
other classes
positive subject concord + -one
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si one
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge ona
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe ona
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali ona
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali ona
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me ona
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha ona
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja ona
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki ona
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo ona
Consecutive
kaona / positive subject concord + -ka ona
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka one
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -jaribu
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hujaribu
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li jaribu
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku jaribu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na jaribu)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni najaribu/na jaribu
tu najaribu
2nd person
u najaribu
m najaribu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a najaribu
wa najaribu
other classes
positive subject concord + -na jaribu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jaribu )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si jaribu
hatu jaribu
2nd person
hu jaribu
ham jaribu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha jaribu
hawa jaribu
other classes
negative subject concord + -jaribu
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta jaribu
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta jaribu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jaribu )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni jaribu
tu jaribu
2nd person
u jaribu
m jaribu
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a jaribu
wa jaribu
other classes
positive subject concord + -jaribu
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si jaribu
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge jaribu
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe jaribu
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali jaribu
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali jaribu
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me jaribu
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha jaribu
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja jaribu
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki jaribu
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo jaribu
Consecutive
kajaribu / positive subject concord + -ka jaribu
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka jaribu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -lala
Positive present
-na lala
Subjunctive
-lale
Negative
-lali
Imperative singular
lala
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hulala
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li lala
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku lala
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na lala)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nalala/na lala
tu nalala
2nd person
u nalala
m nalala
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nalala
wa nalala
other classes
positive subject concord + -na lala
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lali )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si lali
hatu lali
2nd person
hu lali
ham lali
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha lali
hawa lali
other classes
negative subject concord + -lali
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta lala
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta lala
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lale )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni lale
tu lale
2nd person
u lale
m lale
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a lale
wa lale
other classes
positive subject concord + -lale
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si lale
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge lala
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe lala
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali lala
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali lala
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me lala
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha lala
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja lala
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki lala
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo lala
Consecutive
kalala / positive subject concord + -ka lala
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka lale
Object concord
—
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -la
Positive present
-na kula
Subjunctive
-le
Negative
-li
Imperative singular
kula
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hula
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kula
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku la
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kula)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakula/na kula
tu nakula
2nd person
u nakula
m nakula
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakula
wa nakula
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kula
Negative present (negative subject concord + -li )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si li
hatu li
2nd person
hu li
ham li
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha li
hawa li
other classes
negative subject concord + -li
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kula
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kula
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -le )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni le
tu le
2nd person
u le
m le
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a le
wa le
other classes
positive subject concord + -le
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si le
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kula
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kula
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kula
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kula
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kula
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kula
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja la
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki la
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kula
Consecutive
kala / positive subject concord + -ka la
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka le
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -ja
Positive present
-na kuja
Subjunctive
-je
Negative
-ji
Imperative singular
njoo
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huja
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kuja
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku ja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kuja)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakuja/na kuja
tu nakuja
2nd person
u nakuja
m nakuja
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakuja
wa nakuja
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kuja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ji )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si ji
hatu ji
2nd person
hu ji
ham ji
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha ji
hawa ji
other classes
negative subject concord + -ji
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kuja
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kuja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -je )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni je
tu je
2nd person
u je
m je
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a je
wa je
other classes
positive subject concord + -je
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si je
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kuja
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kuja
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kuja
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kuja
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kuja
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kuja
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja ja
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki ja
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kuja
Consecutive
kaja / positive subject concord + -ka ja
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka je
Object concord
—
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -enda
Positive present
-na kwenda
Subjunctive
-ende
Negative
-endi
Imperative singular
nenda
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huenda
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kwenda
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku enda
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kwenda)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakwenda/na kwenda
tu nakwenda
2nd person
u nakwenda
m nakwenda
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakwenda
wa nakwenda
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kwenda
Negative present (negative subject concord + -endi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si endi
hatu endi
2nd person
hu endi
hamw endi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha endi
hawa endi
other classes
negative subject concord + -endi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kwenda
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kwenda
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ende )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni ende
tw ende/tu ende
2nd person
u ende
mw ende
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a ende
wa ende
other classes
positive subject concord + -ende
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si ende
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kwenda
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kwenda
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kwenda
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kwenda
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kwenda
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kwenda
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja enda
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki enda
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kwenda
Consecutive
kaenda / positive subject concord + -ka enda
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka ende
Object concord
—
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -wa (irregular)
Positive present
-na kuwa
Gnomic
ni
Subjunctive
-we
Negative
si
Imperative singular
kuwa
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huwa
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kuwa
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku wa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kuwa)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakuwa/na kuwa
tu nakuwa
2nd person
u nakuwa
m nakuwa
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakuwa
wa nakuwa
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kuwa
Negative present
si
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kuwa
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kuwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -we )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni we
tu we
2nd person
u we
mu we
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a we
wa we
other classes
positive subject concord + -we
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si we
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kuwa
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kuwa
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kuwa
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kuwa
Gnomic
ni
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kuwa
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kuwa
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja wa
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki wa
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kuwa
Consecutive
kawa / positive subject concord + -ka wa
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka we
Object concord
—
Relative forms
^ Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka- . For the present, use general positive.
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -wamo (irregular)
Gnomic
-mo (irregular )
Subjunctive
-wemo
Negative
-mo (irregular )
Infinitives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huwamo /huwa
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kuwamo/-li kuwa
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku wamo/-ku wa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -mo )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni mo
tu mo
2nd person
u mo
m mo
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
yu mo
wa mo
other classes
positive subject concord + -mo
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mo )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si mo
hatu mo
2nd person
hu mo
ham mo
3rd person
m-wa
hayu mo
hawa mo
other classes
negative subject concord + -mo
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kuwamo/-ta kuwa
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kuwamo/-ta kuwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wemo )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni wemo
tu wemo
2nd person
u wemo
mu wemo
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a wemo
wa wemo
other classes
positive subject concord + -wemo
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si wemo
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kuwamo/-nge kuwa
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kuwamo/-singe kuwa
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kuwamo/-ngali kuwa
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kuwamo/-singali kuwa
Gnomic
see positive present
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kuwamo/-me kuwa
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kuwamo/-mesha kuwa
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja wamo/-ja wa
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki wamo/-ki wa
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kuwamo/-sipo kuwa
Consecutive
kawamo /kawa / positive subject concord + -ka wamo/-ka wa
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka wemo
Object concord
—
Relative forms
^ Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka- . For the present, use general positive.
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Conjugation of -wa na (irregular)
Gnomic
-na
Subjunctive
-we na
Negative
-na
Imperative singular
kuwa na
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huwa na
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kuwa na
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku wa na
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kuwa na
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kuwa na
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si we na
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kuwa na
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kuwa na
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kuwa na
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kuwa na
Gnomic
see positive present
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kuwa na
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kuwa na
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja wa na
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki wa na
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kuwa na
Consecutive
kawa na / positive subject concord + -ka wa na
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka we na
Relative forms
^ Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka- . For the present, use general positive.
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.