sengenya

Swahili

-sengenya (infinitive kusengenya)

Conjugation of -sengenya

Infinitives

Positive	kusengenya
Negative	kutosengenya

Imperatives

Singular	sengenya
Plural	sengenyeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	husengenya
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lisengenya
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kusengenya

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasengenya)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninasengenya/nasengenya	tunasengenya
2nd person		unasengenya	mnasengenya
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anasengenya	wanasengenya
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nasengenya

Negative present (negative subject concord + -sengenyi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sisengenyi	hatusengenyi
2nd person		husengenyi	hamsengenyi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hasengenyi	hawasengenyi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -sengenyi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sengenye)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nisengenye	tusengenye
2nd person		usengenye	msengenye
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	asengenye	wasengenye
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -sengenye

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sisengenye
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngesengenya
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singesengenya
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalisengenya
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalisengenya

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asengenya)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nasengenya	twasengenya
2nd person		wasengenya	mwasengenya
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	asengenya	wasengenya
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wasengenya	yasengenya
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lasengenya	yasengenya
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chasengenya	vyasengenya
	n_(IX/X)	yasengenya	zasengenya
	u_(XI)	wasengenya	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwasengenya
	pa_(XVI)	pasengenya
	mu_(XVIII)	mwasengenya

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mesengenya
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshasengenya
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jasengenya
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kisengenya
"If not"	positive subject concord + -siposengenya
Consecutive	kasengenya / positive subject concord + -kasengenya
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kasengenye

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nisengenya	-tusengenya
2nd person		-kusengenya	-wasengenya/-kusengenyeni/-wasengenyeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-msengenya	-wasengenya
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-usengenya	-isengenya
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lisengenya	-yasengenya
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kisengenya	-visengenya
	n_(IX/X)	-isengenya	-zisengenya
	u_(XI)	-usengenya	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kusengenya
	pa_(XVI)	-pasengenya
	mu_(XVIII)	-musengenya
Reflexive		-jisengenya

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sengenya- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-sengenyaye	-sengenyao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-sengenyao	-sengenyayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-sengenyalo	-sengenyayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-sengenyacho	-sengenyavyo
n_(IX/X)	-sengenyayo	-sengenyazo
u_(XI)	-sengenyao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-sengenyako
pa_(XVI)	-sengenyapo
mu_(XVIII)	-sengenyamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sengenya)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yesengenya	-osengenya
m-mi_(III/IV)	-osengenya	-yosengenya
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-losengenya	-yosengenya
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chosengenya	-vyosengenya
n_(IX/X)	-yosengenya	-zosengenya
u_(XI)	-osengenya	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kosengenya
pa_(XVI)	-posengenya
mu_(XVIII)	-mosengenya

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