Conjugation of -hiji |
Positive present |
-nahiji |
Subjunctive |
-hiji |
Negative |
-hiji |
Imperative singular |
hiji |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kuhiji |
Negative |
kutohiji |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
hiji |
Plural |
hijini |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
huhiji |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lihiji |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuhiji |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahiji) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninahiji/nahiji |
tunahiji |
2nd person |
unahiji |
mnahiji |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anahiji |
wanahiji |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nahiji |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -hiji) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sihiji |
hatuhiji |
2nd person |
huhiji |
hamhiji |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hahiji |
hawahiji |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -hiji |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tahiji |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tahiji |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hiji) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nihiji |
tuhiji |
2nd person |
uhiji |
mhiji |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
ahiji |
wahiji |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -hiji |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sihiji |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngehiji |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singehiji |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalihiji |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalihiji |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mehiji |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshahiji |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jahiji |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kihiji |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipohiji |
Consecutive |
kahiji / positive subject concord + -kahiji |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kahiji |
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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. |