| Conjugation of-kumbatia |
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| Positive present | -nakumbatia |
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| Subjunctive | -kumbatie |
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| Negative | -kumbatii |
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| Imperative singular | kumbatia |
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| Tensed forms |
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| Habitual | hukumbatia |
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| Positive past | positive subject concord + -likumbatia |
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| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kukumbatia |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakumbatia) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | ninakumbatia/nakumbatia | tunakumbatia |
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| 2nd person | unakumbatia | mnakumbatia |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anakumbatia | wanakumbatia |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -nakumbatia |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -kumbatii) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | sikumbatii | hatukumbatii |
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| 2nd person | hukumbatii | hamkumbatii |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | hakumbatii | hawakumbatii |
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| other classes | negative subject concord + -kumbatii |
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| Positive future | positive subject concord + -takumbatia |
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| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takumbatia |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kumbatie) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | nikumbatie | tukumbatie |
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| 2nd person | ukumbatie | mkumbatie |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | akumbatie | wakumbatie |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -kumbatie |
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| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sikumbatie |
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| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngekumbatia |
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| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singekumbatia |
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| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalikumbatia |
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| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalikumbatia |
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| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mekumbatia |
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| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshakumbatia |
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| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jakumbatia |
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| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kikumbatia |
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| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipokumbatia |
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| Consecutive | kakumbatia /positive subject concord + -kakumbatia |
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| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kakumbatie |
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |