| Conjugation of -teseka |
| Positive present |
-nateseka |
| Subjunctive |
-teseke |
| Negative |
-teseki |
| Imperative singular |
teseka |
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| Infinitives |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
teseka |
| Plural |
tesekeni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
huteseka |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -liteseka |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuteseka |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nateseka) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninateseka/nateseka |
tunateseka |
| 2nd person |
unateseka |
mnateseka |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anateseka |
wanateseka |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -nateseka |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -teseki) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
siteseki |
hatuteseki |
| 2nd person |
huteseki |
hamteseki |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hateseki |
hawateseki |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -teseki |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tateseka |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tateseka |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -teseke) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
niteseke |
tuteseke |
| 2nd person |
uteseke |
mteseke |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
ateseke |
wateseke |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -teseke |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -siteseke |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngeteseka |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singeteseka |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngaliteseka |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singaliteseka |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -meteseka |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshateseka |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jateseka |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kiteseka |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipoteseka |
| Consecutive |
kateseka / positive subject concord + -kateseka |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kateseke |
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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. |