| Conjugation of-poa |
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| Positive present | -napoa |
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| Subjunctive | -poe |
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| Negative | -poi |
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| Imperative singular | poa |
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| Tensed forms |
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| Habitual | hupoa |
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| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lipoa |
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| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kupoa |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -napoa) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | ninapoa/napoa | tunapoa |
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| 2nd person | unapoa | mnapoa |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anapoa | wanapoa |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -napoa |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -poi) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | sipoi | hatupoi |
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| 2nd person | hupoi | hampoi |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | hapoi | hawapoi |
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| other classes | negative subject concord + -poi |
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| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tapoa |
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| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tapoa |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -poe) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | nipoe | tupoe |
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| 2nd person | upoe | mpoe |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | apoe | wapoe |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -poe |
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| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sipoe |
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| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngepoa |
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| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singepoa |
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| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalipoa |
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| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalipoa |
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| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mepoa |
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| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshapoa |
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| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -japoa |
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| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kipoa |
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| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipopoa |
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| Consecutive | kapoa /positive subject concord + -kapoa |
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| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kapoe |
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |