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Verb
-enga (infinitive kuenga)
- to slice up
- to watch
18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi, translation from R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 15:اَوُ اِغَ فُمْبِ لَمُوَاغَزَ ، وَقَتِ وَيُوَ لِكِتُپُوْزَ- Au enga vumbi la-muangaza, waqati wa-yua likitupuza;
- Or when the sun shines, see the mote in its ray
Conjugation
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| Conjugation of -enga |
| Positive present |
-naenga |
| Subjunctive |
-enge |
| Negative |
-engi |
| Imperative singular |
enga |
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| Infinitives |
| Positive |
kuenga |
| Negative |
kutoenga |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
enga |
| Plural |
engeni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
huenga |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lienga |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuenga |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naenga) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninaenga/naenga |
tunaenga |
| 2nd person |
unaenga |
mnaenga |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anaenga |
wanaenga |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -naenga |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -engi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
siengi |
hatuengi |
| 2nd person |
huengi |
hamwengi |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
haengi |
hawaengi |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -engi |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -taenga |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -taenga |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -enge) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nienge |
tuenge |
| 2nd person |
uenge |
mwenge |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
aenge |
waenge |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -enge |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sienge |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngeenga |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singeenga |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalienga |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalienga |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -meenga |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshaenga |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jaenga |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kienga |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipoenga |
| Consecutive |
kaenga / positive subject concord + -kaenga |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kaenge |
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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. |
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