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Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتَعْجَبَ (istaʕjaba).
-staajabu (infinitive kustaajabu)
- to be surprised, astonished
Conjugation of -staajabu
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Positive present
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-nastaajabu
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Subjunctive
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-staajabu
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Negative
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-staajabu
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Imperative singular
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staajabu
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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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hustaajabu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -listaajabu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kustaajabu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nastaajabu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninastaajabu/nastaajabu
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tunastaajabu
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2nd person
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unastaajabu
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mnastaajabu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anastaajabu
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wanastaajabu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nastaajabu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -staajabu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sistaajabu
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hatustaajabu
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2nd person
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hustaajabu
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hamstaajabu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hastaajabu
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hawastaajabu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -staajabu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tastaajabu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tastaajabu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -staajabu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nistaajabu
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tustaajabu
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2nd person
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ustaajabu
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mstaajabu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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astaajabu
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wastaajabu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -staajabu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sistaajabu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngestaajabu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singestaajabu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalistaajabu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalistaajabu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mestaajabu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshastaajabu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jastaajabu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kistaajabu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipostaajabu
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Consecutive
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kastaajabu / positive subject concord + -kastaajabu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kastaajabu
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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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