Infinitive
ku tenga
Indicative
Present
| (mimi) | ninatenga |
| (wewe) | unatenga |
| (yeye) | anatenga |
| (sisi) | tunatenga |
| (ninyi) | mnatenga |
| (wao) | wanatenga |
Perfect
| (mimi) | nimetenga |
| (wewe) | umetenga |
| (yeye) | ametenga |
| (sisi) | tumetenga |
| (ninyi) | mmetenga |
| (wao) | wametenga |
Past
| (mimi) | nilitenga |
| (wewe) | ulitenga |
| (yeye) | alitenga |
| (sisi) | tulitenga |
| (ninyi) | mlitenga |
| (wao) | walitenga |
Pluperfect
| (mimi) | nilikuwa nimetenga |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa umetenga |
| (yeye) | alikuwa ametenga |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tumetenga |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mmetenga |
| (wao) | walikuwa wametenga |
Future
| (mimi) | nitatenga |
| (wewe) | utatenga |
| (yeye) | atatenga |
| (sisi) | tutatenga |
| (ninyi) | mtatenga |
| (wao) | watatenga |
Future Perfect
| (mimi) | nitakuwa nimetenga |
| (wewe) | utakuwa umetenga |
| (yeye) | atakuwa ametenga |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tumetenga |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mmetenga |
| (wao) | watakuwa wametenga |
Continuous
Past
| (mimi) | nilikuwa ninatenga |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa unatenga |
| (yeye) | alikuwa anatenga |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tunatenga |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mnatenga |
| (wao) | walikuwa wanatenga |
Past
| (mimi) | nilikuwa nikitenga |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa ukitenga |
| (yeye) | alikuwa akitenga |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tukitenga |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mkitenga |
| (wao) | walikuwa wakitenga |
Future
| (mimi) | nitakuwa ninatenga |
| (wewe) | utakuwa unatenga |
| (yeye) | atakuwa anatenga |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tunatenga |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mnatenga |
| (wao) | watakuwa wanatenga |
Future Perfect
| (mimi) | nitakuwa nikitenga |
| (wewe) | utakuwa ukitenga |
| (yeye) | atakuwa akitenga |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tukitenga |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mkitenga |
| (wao) | watakuwa wakitenga |
Imperative
| (wewe) | tenga!; utenga |
| (ninyi) | tengeni; mtenga |
Verbs conjugated like tenga
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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