Conjugation of -penya |
Positive present |
-napenya |
Subjunctive |
-penye |
Negative |
-penyi |
Imperative singular |
penya |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kupenya |
Negative |
kutopenya |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
penya |
Plural |
penyeni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
hupenya |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lipenya |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kupenya |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -napenya) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninapenya/napenya |
tunapenya |
2nd person |
unapenya |
mnapenya |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anapenya |
wanapenya |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -napenya |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -penyi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sipenyi |
hatupenyi |
2nd person |
hupenyi |
hampenyi |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hapenyi |
hawapenyi |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -penyi |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tapenya |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tapenya |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -penye) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nipenye |
tupenye |
2nd person |
upenye |
mpenye |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
apenye |
wapenye |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -penye |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sipenye |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngepenya |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singepenya |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalipenya |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalipenya |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mepenya |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshapenya |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -japenya |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kipenya |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipopenya |
Consecutive |
kapenya / positive subject concord + -kapenya |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kapenye |
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |