Borrowed from Arabic سَلَّمَ (sallama).
-salimu (infinitive kusalimu)
- to greet or salute, to say hello
- to surrender
Conjugation of -salimu
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Positive present
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-nasalimu
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Subjunctive
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-salimu
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Negative
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-salimu
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Imperative singular
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salimu
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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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husalimu
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lisalimu
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kusalimu
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasalimu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninasalimu/nasalimu
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tunasalimu
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2nd person
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unasalimu
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mnasalimu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anasalimu
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wanasalimu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nasalimu
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -salimu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sisalimu
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hatusalimu
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2nd person
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husalimu
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hamsalimu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hasalimu
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hawasalimu
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -salimu
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tasalimu
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tasalimu
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -salimu)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nisalimu
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tusalimu
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2nd person
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usalimu
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msalimu
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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asalimu
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wasalimu
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -salimu
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sisalimu
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngesalimu
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singesalimu
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalisalimu
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalisalimu
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mesalimu
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshasalimu
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jasalimu
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kisalimu
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposalimu
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Consecutive
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kasalimu / positive subject concord + -kasalimu
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kasalimu
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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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