| Conjugation of -otea |
| Positive present |
-naotea |
| Subjunctive |
-otee |
| Negative |
-otei |
| Imperative singular |
otea |
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| Infinitives |
| Positive |
kuotea |
| Negative |
kutootea |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
otea |
| Plural |
oteeni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
huotea |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -liotea |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuotea |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naotea) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninaotea/naotea |
tunaotea |
| 2nd person |
unaotea |
mnaotea |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anaotea |
wanaotea |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -naotea |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -otei) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
siotei |
hatuotei |
| 2nd person |
huotei |
hamwotei |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
haotei |
hawaotei |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -otei |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -taotea |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -taotea |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -otee) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
niotee |
tuotee |
| 2nd person |
uotee |
mwotee |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
aotee |
waotee |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -otee |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -siotee |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngeotea |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singeotea |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngaliotea |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singaliotea |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -meotea |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshaotea |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jaotea |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kiotea |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipootea |
| Consecutive |
kaotea / positive subject concord + -kaotea |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kaotee |
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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. |