Conjugation of -kumba |
Positive present |
-nakumba |
Subjunctive |
-kumbe |
Negative |
-kumbi |
Imperative singular |
kumba |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kukumba |
Negative |
kutokumba |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
kumba |
Plural |
kumbeni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
hukumba |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -likumba |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kukumba |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakumba) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninakumba/nakumba |
tunakumba |
2nd person |
unakumba |
mnakumba |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anakumba |
wanakumba |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nakumba |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -kumbi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sikumbi |
hatukumbi |
2nd person |
hukumbi |
hamkumbi |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hakumbi |
hawakumbi |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -kumbi |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -takumba |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -takumba |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kumbe) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nikumbe |
tukumbe |
2nd person |
ukumbe |
mkumbe |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
akumbe |
wakumbe |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -kumbe |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sikumbe |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngekumba |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singekumba |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalikumba |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalikumba |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mekumba |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshakumba |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jakumba |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kikumba |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipokumba |
Consecutive |
kakumba / positive subject concord + -kakumba |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kakumbe |
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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. |