| Conjugation of -tisha |
| Positive present |
-natisha |
| Subjunctive |
-tishe |
| Negative |
-tishi |
| Imperative singular |
tisha |
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| Infinitives |
| Positive |
kutisha |
| Negative |
kutotisha |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
tisha |
| Plural |
tisheni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
hutisha |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -litisha |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kutisha |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -natisha) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninatisha/natisha |
tunatisha |
| 2nd person |
unatisha |
mnatisha |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anatisha |
wanatisha |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -natisha |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -tishi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
sitishi |
hatutishi |
| 2nd person |
hutishi |
hamtishi |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hatishi |
hawatishi |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -tishi |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tatisha |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tatisha |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tishe) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nitishe |
tutishe |
| 2nd person |
utishe |
mtishe |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
atishe |
watishe |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -tishe |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sitishe |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngetisha |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singetisha |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalitisha |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalitisha |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -metisha |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshatisha |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jatisha |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kitisha |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipotisha |
| Consecutive |
katisha / positive subject concord + -katisha |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -katishe |
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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. |