Conjugation of -imba |
Positive present |
-naimba |
Subjunctive |
-imbe |
Negative |
-imbi |
Imperative singular |
imba |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kuimba |
Negative |
kutoimba |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
imba |
Plural |
imbeni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
huimba |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -liimba |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuimba |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naimba) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninaimba/naimba |
tunaimba |
2nd person |
unaimba |
mnaimba |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anaimba |
wanaimba |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -naimba |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -imbi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
siimbi |
hatuimbi |
2nd person |
huimbi |
hamwimbi |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
haimbi |
hawaimbi |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -imbi |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -taimba |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -taimba |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -imbe) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
niimbe |
tuimbe |
2nd person |
uimbe |
mwimbe |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
aimbe |
waimbe |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -imbe |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -siimbe |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngeimba |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singeimba |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngaliimba |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singaliimba |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -meimba |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshaimba |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jaimba |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kiimba |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipoimba |
Consecutive |
kaimba / positive subject concord + -kaimba |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kaimbe |
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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. |