| Conjugation of-jali |
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| Positive present | -najali |
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| Subjunctive | -jali |
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| Negative | -jali |
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| Imperative singular | jali |
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| Imperatives |
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| Tensed forms |
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| Habitual | hujali |
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| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lijali |
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| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kujali |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -najali) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | ninajali/najali | tunajali |
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| 2nd person | unajali | mnajali |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anajali | wanajali |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -najali |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -jali) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | sijali | hatujali |
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| 2nd person | hujali | hamjali |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | hajali | hawajali |
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| other classes | negative subject concord + -jali |
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| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tajali |
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| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tajali |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jali) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | nijali | tujali |
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| 2nd person | ujali | mjali |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | ajali | wajali |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -jali |
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| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sijali |
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| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngejali |
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| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singejali |
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| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalijali |
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| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalijali |
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| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mejali |
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| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshajali |
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| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jajali |
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| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kijali |
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| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipojali |
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| Consecutive | kajali /positive subject concord + -kajali |
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| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kajali |
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |