| Conjugation of -somea |
| Positive present |
-nasomea |
| Subjunctive |
-somee |
| Negative |
-somei |
| Imperative singular |
somea |
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| Infinitives |
| Positive |
kusomea |
| Negative |
kutosomea |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
somea |
| Plural |
someeni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
husomea |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lisomea |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kusomea |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasomea) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninasomea/nasomea |
tunasomea |
| 2nd person |
unasomea |
mnasomea |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anasomea |
wanasomea |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -nasomea |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -somei) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
sisomei |
hatusomei |
| 2nd person |
husomei |
hamsomei |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hasomei |
hawasomei |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -somei |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tasomea |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tasomea |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -somee) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nisomee |
tusomee |
| 2nd person |
usomee |
msomee |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
asomee |
wasomee |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -somee |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sisomee |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngesomea |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singesomea |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalisomea |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalisomea |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mesomea |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshasomea |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jasomea |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kisomea |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -siposomea |
| Consecutive |
kasomea / positive subject concord + -kasomea |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kasomee |
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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. |