| Conjugation of -refushwa |
| Positive present |
-narefushwa |
| Subjunctive |
-refushwe |
| Negative |
-refushwi |
| Imperative singular |
refushwa |
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| Imperatives |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
hurefushwa |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lirefushwa |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kurefushwa |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -narefushwa) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninarefushwa/narefushwa |
tunarefushwa |
| 2nd person |
unarefushwa |
mnarefushwa |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anarefushwa |
wanarefushwa |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -narefushwa |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -refushwi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
sirefushwi |
haturefushwi |
| 2nd person |
hurefushwi |
hamrefushwi |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
harefushwi |
hawarefushwi |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -refushwi |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tarefushwa |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tarefushwa |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -refushwe) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nirefushwe |
turefushwe |
| 2nd person |
urefushwe |
mrefushwe |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
arefushwe |
warefushwe |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -refushwe |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sirefushwe |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngerefushwa |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singerefushwa |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalirefushwa |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalirefushwa |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -merefushwa |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -mesharefushwa |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jarefushwa |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kirefushwa |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -siporefushwa |
| Consecutive |
karefushwa / positive subject concord + -karefushwa |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -karefushwe |
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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. |