poteka

Swahili

-poteka (infinitive kupoteka)

Conjugation of -poteka

Infinitives

Positive	kupoteka
Negative	kutopoteka

Imperatives

Singular	poteka
Plural	potekeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hupoteka
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lipoteka
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kupoteka

Positive present (positive subject concord + -napoteka)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninapoteka/napoteka	tunapoteka
2nd person		unapoteka	mnapoteka
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anapoteka	wanapoteka
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -napoteka

Negative present (negative subject concord + -poteki)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sipoteki	hatupoteki
2nd person		hupoteki	hampoteki
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hapoteki	hawapoteki
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -poteki

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tapoteka
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tapoteka

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -poteke)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nipoteke	tupoteke
2nd person		upoteke	mpoteke
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	apoteke	wapoteke
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -poteke

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sipoteke
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngepoteka
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singepoteka
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalipoteka
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalipoteka

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apoteka)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		napoteka	twapoteka
2nd person		wapoteka	mwapoteka
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	apoteka	wapoteka
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wapoteka	yapoteka
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lapoteka	yapoteka
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chapoteka	vyapoteka
	n_(IX/X)	yapoteka	zapoteka
	u_(XI)	wapoteka	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwapoteka
	pa_(XVI)	papoteka
	mu_(XVIII)	mwapoteka

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mepoteka
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshapoteka
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -japoteka
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kipoteka
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipopoteka
Consecutive	kapoteka / positive subject concord + -kapoteka
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kapoteke

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nipoteka	-tupoteka
2nd person		-kupoteka	-wapoteka/-kupotekeni/-wapotekeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mpoteka	-wapoteka
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-upoteka	-ipoteka
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lipoteka	-yapoteka
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kipoteka	-vipoteka
	n_(IX/X)	-ipoteka	-zipoteka
	u_(XI)	-upoteka	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kupoteka
	pa_(XVI)	-papoteka
	mu_(XVIII)	-mupoteka
Reflexive		-jipoteka

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -poteka- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-potekaye	-potekao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-potekao	-potekayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-potekalo	-potekayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-potekacho	-potekavyo
n_(IX/X)	-potekayo	-potekazo
u_(XI)	-potekao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-potekako
pa_(XVI)	-potekapo
mu_(XVIII)	-potekamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -poteka)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yepoteka	-opoteka
m-mi_(III/IV)	-opoteka	-yopoteka
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lopoteka	-yopoteka
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chopoteka	-vyopoteka
n_(IX/X)	-yopoteka	-zopoteka
u_(XI)	-opoteka	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kopoteka
pa_(XVI)	-popoteka
mu_(XVIII)	-mopoteka

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.