-teua (infinitive kuteua)
- to select
- to appoint
- to designate
- to choose
Conjugation of -teua
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Positive present
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-nateua
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Subjunctive
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-teue
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Negative
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-teui
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Imperative singular
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teua
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huteua
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liteua
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuteua
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nateua)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninateua/nateua
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tunateua
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2nd person
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unateua
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mnateua
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anateua
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wanateua
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nateua
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -teui)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siteui
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hatuteui
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2nd person
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huteui
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hamteui
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hateui
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hawateui
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -teui
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tateua
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tateua
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -teue)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niteue
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tuteue
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2nd person
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uteue
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mteue
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ateue
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wateue
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -teue
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siteue
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeteua
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeteua
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliteua
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliteua
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meteua
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshateua
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jateua
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiteua
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoteua
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Consecutive
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kateua / positive subject concord + -kateua
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kateue
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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