Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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BLACK POWER PAGE 2b,<br />
SWAHILI LESSON #1 : THE PRESENT TENSE<br />
The present tense in Swahili corresponds to the "I am doing,"<br />
"you are doing" tense in English . The verb 'kusema' means "to 'speak :"<br />
Thus, to form the present tense, we drop the -ku from the infinitives<br />
We see that the verb is made up <strong>of</strong> a :<br />
In practice, this is<br />
EXAMPLES :<br />
NOTB ;<br />
In the monosyllabic verbs, e.g ., kola, kuja, and the verbs kwenda and<br />
kwisha, the -ku <strong>of</strong> the infinitive is retained in this tense to make it<br />
easier to say :<br />
The present tense in Swahili corresponds to an action in progress . Thus<br />
in the case !hinasema' we may translate it as either "I am doing" or "I do,"<br />
with it understood that "I do" in this case means that the speaker is doing<br />
the action right now .<br />
VERBS FOR PRACTICE :<br />
For each <strong>of</strong> the following verbs, form the present tense using "I" and "You"<br />
as subjects :<br />
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Subject Prefix Tense Sign Verb Stem<br />
ni na sema<br />
written as one word : ninasema<br />
ninafanya Lam doing unafanya You are doing<br />
ninafua I am washing unafua You are washing<br />
ninafunga I am shutting unafunga You are shutting<br />
ninafika I am arriving unafika You are arriving<br />
ninakuja I am coming unakuja You are<br />
ninakula I am eating unakula You are<br />
ninakunywa I am drinking unakunywa You are<br />
kuleta to bring<br />
kuweka to put, place<br />
kungoja to wait<br />
kuanguka to fall<br />
kwenda to go (see note)<br />
kola to eat (see note)<br />
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