For more information, seeAppendix:Swahili verbs.

• Initial
  • Positive infinitive:ku-/kw-¹
  • Negative infinitive:kuto-
  • Habitual:hu-¹
  • Telegrammic:ka-¹
• Final
  • General (positive indicative):-a
  • Positive subjunctive:-e
  • Negative present:-i
  • Second person plural:-ni
• Infix position positive subject concord
  • Positive past:-li-
  • Positive present:-na-
  • Positive future:-ta-
  • Negative subjunctive:-si-¹
  • Positive present conditional:-nge-
  • Negative present conditional:-singe-
  • Positive past conditional:-ngali-
  • Negative past conditional:-singali-
  • Gnomic:-a-¹
  • Perfect:-me-
  • "Already" past:-lisha-
  • "Already" present:-mesha-/-sha-
  • "If/When":-ki-¹
  • "If not":-sipo-
  • Consecutive:-ka-¹
• Infix position negative subject concord
  • Negative past:-ku-¹
  • Negative future:-ta-
  • "Not yet":-ja-¹
  • Negative present conditional:-nge-
  • Negative past conditional:-ngali-
• Relative
  • Past:-li-
  • Present:-na-
  • Future:-taka-
  • Negative:-si-

¹ Can take stress and therefore does not require-ku-/-kw- in monosyllabic verbs.