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Borrowed from Arabic لَازِم (lāzim).
-lazimu (infinitive kulazimu)
- to need to, to have to, to force
Conjugation of -lazimu
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Positive present
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-nalazimu
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Subjunctive
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-lazimu
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Negative
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-lazimu
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Imperative singular
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lazimu
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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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hulazimu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lilazimu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kulazimu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalazimu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninalazimu/nalazimu
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tunalazimu
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2nd person
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unalazimu
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mnalazimu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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analazimu
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wanalazimu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nalazimu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -lazimu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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silazimu
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hatulazimu
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2nd person
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hulazimu
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hamlazimu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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halazimu
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hawalazimu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -lazimu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -talazimu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -talazimu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lazimu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nilazimu
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tulazimu
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2nd person
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ulazimu
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mlazimu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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alazimu
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walazimu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -lazimu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -silazimu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngelazimu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singelazimu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalilazimu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalilazimu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -melazimu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshalazimu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jalazimu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kilazimu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipolazimu
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Consecutive
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kalazimu / positive subject concord + -kalazimu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kalazimu
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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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