| Conjugation of -jibia |
| Positive present |
-najibia |
| Subjunctive |
-jibie |
| Negative |
-jibii |
| Imperative singular |
jibia |
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| Infinitives |
| Positive |
kujibia |
| Negative |
kutojibia |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
jibia |
| Plural |
jibieni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
hujibia |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lijibia |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kujibia |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -najibia) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninajibia/najibia |
tunajibia |
| 2nd person |
unajibia |
mnajibia |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anajibia |
wanajibia |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -najibia |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -jibii) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
sijibii |
hatujibii |
| 2nd person |
hujibii |
hamjibii |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hajibii |
hawajibii |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -jibii |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tajibia |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tajibia |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jibie) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nijibie |
tujibie |
| 2nd person |
ujibie |
mjibie |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
ajibie |
wajibie |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -jibie |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sijibie |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngejibia |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singejibia |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalijibia |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalijibia |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mejibia |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshajibia |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jajibia |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kijibia |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipojibia |
| Consecutive |
kajibia / positive subject concord + -kajibia |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kajibie |
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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. |