sikiliza

Swahili

-sikiliza (infinitive kusikiliza)

Conjugation of -sikiliza

Infinitives

Positive	kusikiliza
Negative	kutosikiliza

Imperatives

Singular	sikiliza
Plural	sikilizeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	husikiliza
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lisikiliza
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kusikiliza

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasikiliza)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninasikiliza/nasikiliza	tunasikiliza
2nd person		unasikiliza	mnasikiliza
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anasikiliza	wanasikiliza
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nasikiliza

Negative present (negative subject concord + -sikilizi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sisikilizi	hatusikilizi
2nd person		husikilizi	hamsikilizi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hasikilizi	hawasikilizi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -sikilizi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sikilize)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nisikilize	tusikilize
2nd person		usikilize	msikilize
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	asikilize	wasikilize
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -sikilize

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sisikilize
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngesikiliza
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singesikiliza
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalisikiliza
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalisikiliza

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asikiliza)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nasikiliza	twasikiliza
2nd person		wasikiliza	mwasikiliza
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	asikiliza	wasikiliza
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wasikiliza	yasikiliza
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lasikiliza	yasikiliza
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chasikiliza	vyasikiliza
	n_(IX/X)	yasikiliza	zasikiliza
	u_(XI)	wasikiliza	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwasikiliza
	pa_(XVI)	pasikiliza
	mu_(XVIII)	mwasikiliza

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mesikiliza
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshasikiliza
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jasikiliza
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kisikiliza
"If not"	positive subject concord + -siposikiliza
Consecutive	kasikiliza / positive subject concord + -kasikiliza
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kasikilize

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nisikiliza	-tusikiliza
2nd person		-kusikiliza	-wasikiliza/-kusikilizeni/-wasikilizeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-msikiliza	-wasikiliza
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-usikiliza	-isikiliza
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lisikiliza	-yasikiliza
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kisikiliza	-visikiliza
	n_(IX/X)	-isikiliza	-zisikiliza
	u_(XI)	-usikiliza	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kusikiliza
	pa_(XVI)	-pasikiliza
	mu_(XVIII)	-musikiliza
Reflexive		-jisikiliza

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sikiliza- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-sikilizaye	-sikilizao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-sikilizao	-sikilizayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-sikilizalo	-sikilizayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-sikilizacho	-sikilizavyo
n_(IX/X)	-sikilizayo	-sikilizazo
u_(XI)	-sikilizao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-sikilizako
pa_(XVI)	-sikilizapo
mu_(XVIII)	-sikilizamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sikiliza)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yesikiliza	-osikiliza
m-mi_(III/IV)	-osikiliza	-yosikiliza
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-losikiliza	-yosikiliza
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chosikiliza	-vyosikiliza
n_(IX/X)	-yosikiliza	-zosikiliza
u_(XI)	-osikiliza	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kosikiliza
pa_(XVI)	-posikiliza
mu_(XVIII)	-mosikiliza

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

Verbal derivations:
- Passive: -sikilizwa
- Reciprocal: -sikilizana (“agree, get along”)