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Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-nyooka (infinitive kunyooka )
to be straight
to be honest
Conjugation
Conjugation of -nyooka
Positive present
-na nyooka
Subjunctive
-nyooke
Negative
-nyooki
Imperative singular
nyooka
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hunyooka
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li nyooka
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku nyooka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na nyooka)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nanyooka/na nyooka
tu nanyooka
2nd person
u nanyooka
m nanyooka
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nanyooka
wa nanyooka
other classes
positive subject concord + -na nyooka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nyooki )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si nyooki
hatu nyooki
2nd person
hu nyooki
ham nyooki
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha nyooki
hawa nyooki
other classes
negative subject concord + -nyooki
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta nyooka
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta nyooka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nyooke )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nyooke
tu nyooke
2nd person
u nyooke
m nyooke
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nyooke
wa nyooke
other classes
positive subject concord + -nyooke
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si nyooke
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge nyooka
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe nyooka
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali nyooka
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali nyooka
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me nyooka
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha nyooka
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja nyooka
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki nyooka
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo nyooka
Consecutive
kanyooka / positive subject concord + -ka nyooka
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka nyooke
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.