kabili

Swahili

-kabili (infinitive kukabili)

Conjugation of -kabili

Infinitives

Positive	kukabili
Negative	kutokabili

Imperatives

Singular	kabili
Plural	kabilini

Tensed forms

Habitual	hukabili
Positive past	positive subject concord + -likabili
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kukabili

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakabili)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninakabili/nakabili	tunakabili
2nd person		unakabili	mnakabili
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anakabili	wanakabili
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nakabili

Negative present (negative subject concord + -kabili)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sikabili	hatukabili
2nd person		hukabili	hamkabili
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hakabili	hawakabili
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -kabili

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kabili)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nikabili	tukabili
2nd person		ukabili	mkabili
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akabili	wakabili
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -kabili

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sikabili
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngekabili
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singekabili
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalikabili
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalikabili

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akabili)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nakabili	twakabili
2nd person		wakabili	mwakabili
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akabili	wakabili
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wakabili	yakabili
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lakabili	yakabili
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chakabili	vyakabili
	n_(IX/X)	yakabili	zakabili
	u_(XI)	wakabili	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwakabili
	pa_(XVI)	pakabili
	mu_(XVIII)	mwakabili

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mekabili
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshakabili
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jakabili
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kikabili
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipokabili
Consecutive	kakabili / positive subject concord + -kakabili
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kakabili

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nikabili	-tukabili
2nd person		-kukabili	-wakabili/-kukabilini/-wakabilini
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mkabili	-wakabili
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ukabili	-ikabili
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-likabili	-yakabili
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kikabili	-vikabili
	n_(IX/X)	-ikabili	-zikabili
	u_(XI)	-ukabili	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kukabili
	pa_(XVI)	-pakabili
	mu_(XVIII)	-mukabili
Reflexive		-jikabili

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kabili- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-kabiliye	-kabilio
m-mi_(III/IV)	-kabilio	-kabiliyo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-kabililo	-kabiliyo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kabilicho	-kabilivyo
n_(IX/X)	-kabiliyo	-kabilizo
u_(XI)	-kabilio	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kabiliko
pa_(XVI)	-kabilipo
mu_(XVIII)	-kabilimo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kabili)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yekabili	-okabili
m-mi_(III/IV)	-okabili	-yokabili
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lokabili	-yokabili
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chokabili	-vyokabili
n_(IX/X)	-yokabili	-zokabili
u_(XI)	-okabili	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kokabili
pa_(XVI)	-pokabili
mu_(XVIII)	-mokabili

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