logoKISWAHILI VERB BUILDER


First look up the verb root in a dictionary.
(See :  Swahili - English Vocabulary.)

For example -cheza is the root of the verb kucheza = "to play".

This program should work correctly for -wa = "to be" and -wa na = "to have".

To get the imperative negative, select instead "subjunctive negative".



Swahili root verb

Subject

Object

Tense

Select



                   

The answer is

Guidance on tenses

eg "to play" with subject "I" :

present definite = I am playing
present indefinite = I play
future = I will play
past simple = I played
past perfect = I have (just) played
imperative (command) = play !
subjunctive (command) = play (polite) or that I may play
-ki- tense = if I play
narrative = and then I played
habitual = I am in the habit of playing (subject inferred)
conditional present = if I were to play
conditional past = if I had played
past continuous = I was playing
pluperfect = I had played

 


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