| Conjugation of-deki |
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| Positive present | -nadeki |
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| Subjunctive | -deki |
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| Negative | -deki |
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| Imperative singular | deki |
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| Tensed forms |
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| Habitual | hudeki |
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| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lideki |
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| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kudeki |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadeki) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | ninadeki/nadeki | tunadeki |
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| 2nd person | unadeki | mnadeki |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anadeki | wanadeki |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -nadeki |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -deki) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | sideki | hatudeki |
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| 2nd person | hudeki | hamdeki |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | hadeki | hawadeki |
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| other classes | negative subject concord + -deki |
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| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tadeki |
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| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tadeki |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -deki) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | nideki | tudeki |
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| 2nd person | udeki | mdeki |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | adeki | wadeki |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -deki |
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| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sideki |
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| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngedeki |
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| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singedeki |
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| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalideki |
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| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalideki |
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| Perfect | positive subject concord + -medeki |
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| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshadeki |
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| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jadeki |
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| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kideki |
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| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipodeki |
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| Consecutive | kadeki /positive subject concord + -kadeki |
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| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kadeki |
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |