ziba

Swahili

-ziba (infinitive kuziba)

Conjugation of -ziba

Infinitives

Positive	kuziba
Negative	kutoziba

Imperatives

Singular	ziba
Plural	zibeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huziba
Positive past	positive subject concord + -liziba
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuziba

Positive present (positive subject concord + -naziba)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninaziba/naziba	tunaziba
2nd person		unaziba	mnaziba
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anaziba	wanaziba
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -naziba

Negative present (negative subject concord + -zibi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sizibi	hatuzibi
2nd person		huzibi	hamzibi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hazibi	hawazibi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -zibi

Positive future	positive subject concord + -taziba
Negative future	negative subject concord + -taziba

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zibe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nizibe	tuzibe
2nd person		uzibe	mzibe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	azibe	wazibe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -zibe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sizibe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngeziba
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singeziba
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngaliziba
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singaliziba

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aziba)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		naziba	twaziba
2nd person		waziba	mwaziba
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	aziba	waziba
	m-mi_(III/IV)	waziba	yaziba
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	laziba	yaziba
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chaziba	vyaziba
	n_(IX/X)	yaziba	zaziba
	u_(XI)	waziba	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwaziba
	pa_(XVI)	paziba
	mu_(XVIII)	mwaziba

Perfect	positive subject concord + -meziba
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshaziba
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jaziba
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kiziba
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipoziba
Consecutive	kaziba / positive subject concord + -kaziba
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kazibe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-niziba	-tuziba
2nd person		-kuziba	-waziba/-kuzibeni/-wazibeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mziba	-waziba
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uziba	-iziba
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-liziba	-yaziba
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kiziba	-viziba
	n_(IX/X)	-iziba	-ziziba
	u_(XI)	-uziba	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuziba
	pa_(XVI)	-paziba
	mu_(XVIII)	-muziba
Reflexive		-jiziba

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ziba- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-zibaye	-zibao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-zibao	-zibayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-zibalo	-zibayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-zibacho	-zibavyo
n_(IX/X)	-zibayo	-zibazo
u_(XI)	-zibao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-zibako
pa_(XVI)	-zibapo
mu_(XVIII)	-zibamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ziba)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yeziba	-oziba
m-mi_(III/IV)	-oziba	-yoziba
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-loziba	-yoziba
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-choziba	-vyoziba
n_(IX/X)	-yoziba	-zoziba
u_(XI)	-oziba	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-koziba
pa_(XVI)	-poziba
mu_(XVIII)	-moziba

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.