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-rambana (infinitive kurambana)
- Reciprocal form of -ramba: Alternative form of lambana (“to lick each other”)
Conjugation of -rambana
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Positive present
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-narambana
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Subjunctive
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-rambane
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Negative
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-rambani
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Imperative singular
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rambana
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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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hurambana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lirambana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kurambana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -narambana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninarambana/narambana
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tunarambana
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2nd person
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unarambana
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mnarambana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anarambana
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wanarambana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -narambana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -rambani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sirambani
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haturambani
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2nd person
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hurambani
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hamrambani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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harambani
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hawarambani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -rambani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tarambana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tarambana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rambane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nirambane
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turambane
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2nd person
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urambane
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mrambane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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arambane
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warambane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -rambane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sirambane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngerambana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singerambana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalirambana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalirambana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -merambana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -mesharambana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jarambana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kirambana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siporambana
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Consecutive
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karambana / positive subject concord + -karambana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -karambane
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Object concord
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—
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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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