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[ARCHIVE] Verb Tenses and Statements in the Negative

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Fnirk1
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[ARCHIVE] Verb Tenses and Statements in the Negative

Post by Fnirk1 »

Originally posted by: machieng https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/32162103


Simple tense

PastPresentFuture
I workedI workI will work
Nilifanya kaziNinafanya kaziNitafanya kazi
I did not workI do not workI will not work
Sikufanya kaziSifanyi kazi/Huwa sifanyi kazi (habitual)Sitafanya kazi
You workedYou workYou will work
Ulifanya kaziUnafanya kaziUtafanya kazi
You did not workYou do not workYou will not work
Hukufanya kaziHufanyi kazi/Huwa hufanyi kazi (habitual)Hutafanya kazi
She workedShe worksShe will work
Alifanya kaziAnafanya kazi/Huwa anafanya kazi (habitual)Atafanya kazi
She did not workShe does not workShe will not work
Hakufanya kaziHafanyi kazi/Huwa hafanyi kazi (habitual)Hatafanya kazi

Continuous tense

PastPresentFuture
I was workingI am workingI will be working
Nilikuwa nikifanya kaziNinafanya kaziNitakuwa nikifanya kazi
I was not workingI am not workingI will not be working
Sikuwa nikifanya kaziSifanyi kaziSitakuwa nikifanya kazi
You were workingYou are workingYou will be working
Ulikuwa ukifanya kaziUnafanya kaziUtakuwa ukifanya kazi
You were not workingYou are not workingYou will not be working
Hukuwa ukifanya kaziHufanyi kaziHutakuwa ukifanya kazi
She was workingShe is workingShe will be working
Alikuwa akifanya kaziAnafanya kaziAtakuwa akifanya kazi
She was not workingShe is not workingShe will not be working
Hakuwa akifanya kaziHafanyi kaziHatakuwa akifanya kazi

Perfect tense (immediate past/future from time of reference)

PastPresentFuture
I had workedI have workedI will have worked
Nilikuwa nimefanya kaziNimefanya kaziNitakuwa nimefanya kazi
I had not workedI have not workedI will not have worked
Sikuwa nimefanya kaziSijafanya kaziSitakuwa nimefanya kazi
You had workedYou have workedYou will have worked
Ulikuwa umefanya kaziUmefanya kaziUtakuwa umefanya kazi
You had not workedYou have not workedYou will not have worked
Hukuwa umefanya kaziHujafanya kaziHutakuwa umefanya kazi
She had workedShe has workedShe will have worked
Alikuwa amefanya kaziAmefanya kaziAtakuwa amefanya kazi
She had not workedShe has not workedShe will not have worked
Hakuwa amefanya kaziHajafanya kaziHatakuwa amefanya kazi

NB: perfect continuous tense doesn't translate well to Swahili, since the translations overlap with perfect tense. If you're curious, 'I have been working' translates to 'Nimekuwa nikifanya kazi'; 'I have not been working' translates to 'Sijakuwa nikifanya kazi', and the prefixes of the other persons are the same as in the table above

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