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This is a list of verbs in the future tense in Swahili. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the future form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: Kuona |
| To write: Kuandika |
| To love: Kupenda |
| To give: Kupa |
| To play: Kucheza |
| To read: Kusoma |
| To understand: Kuelewa |
| To have: Kuwa na |
| To know: Kujua |
| To learn: Kujifunza |
| To think: Kufikiri |
| To work: Kufanya kazi |
| To speak: Kuongea |
| To drive: Kuendesha |
| To smile: Kutabasamu |
| To find: Kupata |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the future tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I will see you: Nitakuona |
| I will write with a pen: Nitaandika na kalamu |
| You will love apples: Utapenda matofaa |
| You will give money: Utapea pesa |
| You will play tennis: Utacheza tenisi |
| He will read a book: Atasoma kitabu |
| He will understand me: Atanielewa |
| She will have a cat: Atakuwa na paka |
| She will know you: Atakujua |
| We will want to see you: Tutataka kukuona |
| We will think about you: Tutakufikiria |
| You (plural) will work here: Mtafanya kazi hapa |
| You (plural) will speak French: Mtaongea kifaransa |
| They will drive a car: Wataendesha gari |
| They will smile: Watatabasamu |
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