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-ongea (infinitive kuongea)
- to speak, to talk
- to chat, to converse
Conjugation of -ongea
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Positive present
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-naongea
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Subjunctive
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-ongee
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Negative
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-ongei
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Imperative singular
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ongea
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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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huongea
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liongea
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuongea
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naongea)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaongea/naongea
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tunaongea
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2nd person
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unaongea
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mnaongea
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaongea
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wanaongea
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naongea
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -ongei)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siongei
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hatuongei
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2nd person
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huongei
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hamwongei
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haongei
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hawaongei
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -ongei
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taongea
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taongea
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ongee)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niongee
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tuongee
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2nd person
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uongee
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mwongee
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aongee
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waongee
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -ongee
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siongee
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeongea
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeongea
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliongea
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliongea
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meongea
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaongea
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaongea
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiongea
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoongea
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Consecutive
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kaongea / positive subject concord + -kaongea
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaongee
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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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