Conjugation of -nuia |
Positive present |
-nanuia |
Subjunctive |
-nuie |
Negative |
-nuii |
Imperative singular |
nuia |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kunuia |
Negative |
kutonuia |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
nuia |
Plural |
nuieni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
hunuia |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -linuia |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kunuia |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanuia) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninanuia/nanuia |
tunanuia |
2nd person |
unanuia |
mnanuia |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
ananuia |
wananuia |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nanuia |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -nuii) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sinuii |
hatunuii |
2nd person |
hunuii |
hamnuii |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hanuii |
hawanuii |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -nuii |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tanuia |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tanuia |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nuie) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninuie |
tunuie |
2nd person |
unuie |
mnuie |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anuie |
wanuie |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nuie |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sinuie |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngenuia |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singenuia |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalinuia |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalinuia |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -menuia |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshanuia |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -januia |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kinuia |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -siponuia |
Consecutive |
kanuia / positive subject concord + -kanuia |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kanuie |
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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. |