| Conjugation of -rambisha |
| Positive present |
-narambisha |
| Subjunctive |
-rambishe |
| Negative |
-rambishi |
| Imperative singular |
rambisha |
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| Infinitives |
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| Imperatives |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
hurambisha |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lirambisha |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kurambisha |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -narambisha) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninarambisha/narambisha |
tunarambisha |
| 2nd person |
unarambisha |
mnarambisha |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anarambisha |
wanarambisha |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -narambisha |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -rambishi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
sirambishi |
haturambishi |
| 2nd person |
hurambishi |
hamrambishi |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
harambishi |
hawarambishi |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -rambishi |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tarambisha |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tarambisha |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rambishe) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nirambishe |
turambishe |
| 2nd person |
urambishe |
mrambishe |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
arambishe |
warambishe |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -rambishe |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sirambishe |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngerambisha |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singerambisha |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalirambisha |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalirambisha |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -merambisha |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -mesharambisha |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jarambisha |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kirambisha |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -siporambisha |
| Consecutive |
karambisha / positive subject concord + -karambisha |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -karambishe |
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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. |