Conjugation of -gusa |
Positive present |
-nagusa |
Subjunctive |
-guse |
Negative |
-gusi |
Imperative singular |
gusa |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kugusa |
Negative |
kutogusa |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
gusa |
Plural |
guseni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
hugusa |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -ligusa |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kugusa |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagusa) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninagusa/nagusa |
tunagusa |
2nd person |
unagusa |
mnagusa |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anagusa |
wanagusa |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nagusa |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -gusi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sigusi |
hatugusi |
2nd person |
hugusi |
hamgusi |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hagusi |
hawagusi |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -gusi |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tagusa |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tagusa |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -guse) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
niguse |
tuguse |
2nd person |
uguse |
mguse |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
aguse |
waguse |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -guse |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -siguse |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngegusa |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singegusa |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngaligusa |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singaligusa |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -megusa |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshagusa |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jagusa |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kigusa |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipogusa |
Consecutive |
kagusa / positive subject concord + -kagusa |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kaguse |
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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. |