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For more information, seeAppendix:Swahili verbs.

-ku-

you,2st person singular object concord
Ninakupenda. ―I likeyou.
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir,Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation fromR. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, inAfrican Studies, volume 5, number 4,→DOI, pages243–249, stanza11:
  مُيُ وَاغُ نِنِ هُزُدُكَانِ ، لِكُغُرِيِلُ هِيْلَ نِنْنِ ،
  Moyo wangu nini huzundukani, likughuriyelo hela ni-n'ni?
  Soul, why not awake? Hi! what is it that cheatsyou?
(with suffix-ni)you,y'all;2st person plural object concord
Synonym:-wa-
Ninakupendeni. ―I likey'all.

**Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))**
	person	independent	subject concord	object concord	combined forms	possessive
affirmative	negative	na	ndi-	si-
singular	first	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, namimi	ndimi,ndiye	simi,siye	-angu
second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, nawewe	ndiwe,ndiye	siwe,siye	-ako
third	yeye	a-,yu-	ha-,hayu-	-m-,-mw-,-mu-	naye, nayeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
plural	first	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, nasisi	ndisi,ndio	sio	-etu
second	ninyi	m-,mw-,mu-	ham-,hamw-,hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, naninyi	ndinyi,ndio	sinyi,sio	-enu
third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
reflexive	—	—	-ji-	—	—
For a full table including other classes, seeAppendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

-ku-

**Swahili verbal concords (third person)**
class	subject concord	object concord	relative
affirmative	negative
m_(I)	a-,yu-	ha-,hayu-	-m-,-mw-,-mu-	-ye
wa_(II)	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	-o
m_(III)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
mi_(IV)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
ji_(V)	li-	hali-	-li-	-lo
ma_(VI)	ya-	haya-	-ya-	-yo
ki_(VII)	ki-	haki-	-ki-	-cho
vi_(VIII)	vi-	havi-	-vi-	-vyo
n_(IX)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
n_(X)	zi-	hazi-	-zi-	-zo
u_(XI)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
ku_(XV/XVII)	ku-	haku-	-ku-	-ko
pa_(XVI)	pa-	hapa-	-pa-	-po
mu_(XVIII)	m-,mw-,mu-	ham-,hamw-,hamu-	-mu-	-mo

From the infinitive prefixku-.

-ku-

placed between certain tense/aspect markers and the stem of monosyllabic verbs (-ja,-la,-wa) in the absence of object concord
nitakuwa ―I will be
(Old Swahili)placed between certain tense/aspect markers and the stem of any verb
- 1728, Bwana Mwengo wa Athman,Utenzi wa Hirqal [Epic of Heraclius]‎^[2], transliteration and translation from Knappert (1967)^[1]:
  فَرَسِ اِلِكُپِتَ ، زِسِوَتُ زَكُمِتَ^[sic]
  Farasi zilikupita / zisi watu zikemeta
  Horses went by / without rider, neighing;