Infinitive
ku soma
Indicative
Present
| (mimi) | ninasoma |
| (wewe) | unasoma |
| (yeye) | anasoma |
| (sisi) | tunasoma |
| (ninyi) | mnasoma |
| (wao) | wanasoma |
Perfect
| (mimi) | nimesoma |
| (wewe) | umesoma |
| (yeye) | amesoma |
| (sisi) | tumesoma |
| (ninyi) | mmesoma |
| (wao) | wamesoma |
Past
| (mimi) | nilisoma |
| (wewe) | ulisoma |
| (yeye) | alisoma |
| (sisi) | tulisoma |
| (ninyi) | mlisoma |
| (wao) | walisoma |
Pluperfect
| (mimi) | nilikuwa nimesoma |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa umesoma |
| (yeye) | alikuwa amesoma |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tumesoma |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mmesoma |
| (wao) | walikuwa wamesoma |
Future
| (mimi) | nitasoma |
| (wewe) | utasoma |
| (yeye) | atasoma |
| (sisi) | tutasoma |
| (ninyi) | mtasoma |
| (wao) | watasoma |
Future Perfect
| (mimi) | nitakuwa nimesoma |
| (wewe) | utakuwa umesoma |
| (yeye) | atakuwa amesoma |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tumesoma |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mmesoma |
| (wao) | watakuwa wamesoma |
Continuous
Past
| (mimi) | nilikuwa ninasoma |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa unasoma |
| (yeye) | alikuwa anasoma |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tunasoma |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mnasoma |
| (wao) | walikuwa wanasoma |
Past
| (mimi) | nilikuwa nikisoma |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa ukisoma |
| (yeye) | alikuwa akisoma |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tukisoma |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mkisoma |
| (wao) | walikuwa wakisoma |
Future
| (mimi) | nitakuwa ninasoma |
| (wewe) | utakuwa unasoma |
| (yeye) | atakuwa anasoma |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tunasoma |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mnasoma |
| (wao) | watakuwa wanasoma |
Future Perfect
| (mimi) | nitakuwa nikisoma |
| (wewe) | utakuwa ukisoma |
| (yeye) | atakuwa akisoma |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tukisoma |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mkisoma |
| (wao) | watakuwa wakisoma |
Imperative
| (wewe) | soma!; usoma |
| (ninyi) | someni; msoma |
Verbs conjugated like soma
abirika,
abirisha,
abiriwa,
abudia,
abudisha,
abudiwa,
acha,
achama,
achana,
achia,
achilia,
achilika,
achiliwa,
achisha,
achwa,
adhibika,
adhibisha,
adhibiwa,
adhimisha,
adibisha, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
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