kopesha

Swahili

-kopesha (infinitive kukopesha)

Conjugation of -kopesha

Infinitives

Positive	kukopesha
Negative	kutokopesha

Imperatives

Singular	kopesha
Plural	kopesheni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hukopesha
Positive past	positive subject concord + -likopesha
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kukopesha

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakopesha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninakopesha/nakopesha	tunakopesha
2nd person		unakopesha	mnakopesha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anakopesha	wanakopesha
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nakopesha

Negative present (negative subject concord + -kopeshi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sikopeshi	hatukopeshi
2nd person		hukopeshi	hamkopeshi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hakopeshi	hawakopeshi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -kopeshi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kopeshe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nikopeshe	tukopeshe
2nd person		ukopeshe	mkopeshe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akopeshe	wakopeshe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -kopeshe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sikopeshe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngekopesha
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singekopesha
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalikopesha
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalikopesha

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akopesha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nakopesha	twakopesha
2nd person		wakopesha	mwakopesha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akopesha	wakopesha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wakopesha	yakopesha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lakopesha	yakopesha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chakopesha	vyakopesha
	n_(IX/X)	yakopesha	zakopesha
	u_(XI)	wakopesha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwakopesha
	pa_(XVI)	pakopesha
	mu_(XVIII)	mwakopesha

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mekopesha
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshakopesha
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jakopesha
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kikopesha
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipokopesha
Consecutive	kakopesha / positive subject concord + -kakopesha
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kakopeshe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nikopesha	-tukopesha
2nd person		-kukopesha	-wakopesha/-kukopesheni/-wakopesheni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mkopesha	-wakopesha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ukopesha	-ikopesha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-likopesha	-yakopesha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kikopesha	-vikopesha
	n_(IX/X)	-ikopesha	-zikopesha
	u_(XI)	-ukopesha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kukopesha
	pa_(XVI)	-pakopesha
	mu_(XVIII)	-mukopesha
Reflexive		-jikopesha

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kopesha- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-kopeshaye	-kopeshao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-kopeshao	-kopeshayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-kopeshalo	-kopeshayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kopeshacho	-kopeshavyo
n_(IX/X)	-kopeshayo	-kopeshazo
u_(XI)	-kopeshao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kopeshako
pa_(XVI)	-kopeshapo
mu_(XVIII)	-kopeshamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kopesha)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yekopesha	-okopesha
m-mi_(III/IV)	-okopesha	-yokopesha
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lokopesha	-yokopesha
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chokopesha	-vyokopesha
n_(IX/X)	-yokopesha	-zokopesha
u_(XI)	-okopesha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kokopesha
pa_(XVI)	-pokopesha
mu_(XVIII)	-mokopesha

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