Borrowed from Arabic سَمِير (samīr).[1]
-simulia (infinitive kusimulia)
- to narrate, to recount
Conjugation of -simulia
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Positive present
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-nasimulia
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Subjunctive
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-simulie
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Negative
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-simulii
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Imperative singular
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simulia
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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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husimulia
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lisimulia
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kusimulia
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasimulia)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninasimulia/nasimulia
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tunasimulia
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2nd person
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unasimulia
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mnasimulia
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anasimulia
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wanasimulia
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nasimulia
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -simulii)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sisimulii
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hatusimulii
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2nd person
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husimulii
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hamsimulii
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hasimulii
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hawasimulii
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -simulii
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tasimulia
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tasimulia
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -simulie)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nisimulie
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tusimulie
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2nd person
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usimulie
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msimulie
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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asimulie
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wasimulie
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -simulie
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sisimulie
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngesimulia
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singesimulia
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalisimulia
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalisimulia
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mesimulia
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshasimulia
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jasimulia
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kisimulia
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposimulia
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Consecutive
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kasimulia / positive subject concord + -kasimulia
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kasimulie
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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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- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150 Nr. 1354