| Conjugation of -zoa |
| Positive present |
-nazoa |
| Subjunctive |
-zoe |
| Negative |
-zoi |
| Imperative singular |
zoa |
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| Infinitives |
| Positive |
kuzoa |
| Negative |
kutozoa |
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| Imperatives |
| Singular |
zoa |
| Plural |
zoeni |
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| Tensed forms |
| Habitual |
huzoa |
| Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lizoa |
| Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuzoa |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoa) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
ninazoa/nazoa |
tunazoa |
| 2nd person |
unazoa |
mnazoa |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anazoa |
wanazoa |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -nazoa |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoi) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
sizoi |
hatuzoi |
| 2nd person |
huzoi |
hamzoi |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hazoi |
hawazoi |
| other classes |
negative subject concord + -zoi |
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| Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tazoa |
| Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tazoa |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoe) |
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Singular |
Plural |
| 1st person |
nizoe |
tuzoe |
| 2nd person |
uzoe |
mzoe |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
azoe |
wazoe |
| other classes |
positive subject concord + -zoe |
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| Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sizoe |
| Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngezoa |
| Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singezoa |
| Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalizoa |
| Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalizoa |
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| Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mezoa |
| "Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshazoa |
| "Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jazoa |
| "If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kizoa |
| "If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipozoa |
| Consecutive |
kazoa / positive subject concord + -kazoa |
| Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kazoe |
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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. |