Conjugation of -vaa |
Positive present |
-navaa |
Subjunctive |
-vae |
Negative |
-vai |
Imperative singular |
vaa |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kuvaa |
Negative |
kutovaa |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
vaa |
Plural |
vaeni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
huvaa |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -livaa |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuvaa |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -navaa) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninavaa/navaa |
tunavaa |
2nd person |
unavaa |
mnavaa |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anavaa |
wanavaa |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -navaa |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -vai) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sivai |
hatuvai |
2nd person |
huvai |
hamvai |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
havai |
hawavai |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -vai |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tavaa |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tavaa |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vae) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nivae |
tuvae |
2nd person |
uvae |
mvae |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
avae |
wavae |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -vae |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sivae |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngevaa |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singevaa |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalivaa |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalivaa |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mevaa |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshavaa |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -javaa |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kivaa |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipovaa |
Consecutive |
kavaa / positive subject concord + -kavaa |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kavae |
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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. |