| Conjugation of -bobea |
| Positive present |
-nabobea |
| Subjunctive |
-bobee |
| Negative |
-bobei |
| Imperative singular |
bobea |
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| Infinitives |
| Positive |
kubobea |
| Negative |
kutobobea |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
bobea |
| Plural |
bobeeni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
hubobea |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -libobea |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kubobea |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabobea) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninabobea/nabobea |
tunabobea |
| 2nd person |
unabobea |
mnabobea |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anabobea |
wanabobea |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -nabobea |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -bobei) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
sibobei |
hatubobei |
| 2nd person |
hubobei |
hambobei |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
habobei |
hawabobei |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -bobei |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tabobea |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tabobea |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bobee) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nibobee |
tubobee |
| 2nd person |
ubobee |
mbobee |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
abobee |
wabobee |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -bobee |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sibobee |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngebobea |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singebobea |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalibobea |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalibobea |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mebobea |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshabobea |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jabobea |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kibobea |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipobobea |
| Consecutive |
kabobea / positive subject concord + -kabobea |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kabobee |
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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. |