Infinitive
ku kia
Indicative
Present
| (mimi) | ninakia |
| (wewe) | unakia |
| (yeye) | anakia |
| (sisi) | tunakia |
| (ninyi) | mnakia |
| (wao) | wanakia |
Perfect
| (mimi) | nimekia |
| (wewe) | umekia |
| (yeye) | amekia |
| (sisi) | tumekia |
| (ninyi) | mmekia |
| (wao) | wamekia |
Past
| (mimi) | nilikia |
| (wewe) | ulikia |
| (yeye) | alikia |
| (sisi) | tulikia |
| (ninyi) | mlikia |
| (wao) | walikia |
Pluperfect
| (mimi) | nilikuwa nimekia |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa umekia |
| (yeye) | alikuwa amekia |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tumekia |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mmekia |
| (wao) | walikuwa wamekia |
Future
| (mimi) | nitakia |
| (wewe) | utakia |
| (yeye) | atakia |
| (sisi) | tutakia |
| (ninyi) | mtakia |
| (wao) | watakia |
Future Perfect
| (mimi) | nitakuwa nimekia |
| (wewe) | utakuwa umekia |
| (yeye) | atakuwa amekia |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tumekia |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mmekia |
| (wao) | watakuwa wamekia |
Continuous
Past
| (mimi) | nilikuwa ninakia |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa unakia |
| (yeye) | alikuwa anakia |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tunakia |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mnakia |
| (wao) | walikuwa wanakia |
Past
| (mimi) | nilikuwa nikikia |
| (wewe) | ulikuwa ukikia |
| (yeye) | alikuwa akikia |
| (sisi) | tulikuwa tukikia |
| (ninyi) | mlikuwa mkikia |
| (wao) | walikuwa wakikia |
Future
| (mimi) | nitakuwa ninakia |
| (wewe) | utakuwa unakia |
| (yeye) | atakuwa anakia |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tunakia |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mnakia |
| (wao) | watakuwa wanakia |
Future Perfect
| (mimi) | nitakuwa nikikia |
| (wewe) | utakuwa ukikia |
| (yeye) | atakuwa akikia |
| (sisi) | tutakuwa tukikia |
| (ninyi) | mtakuwa mkikia |
| (wao) | watakuwa wakikia |
Imperative
| (wewe) | kia!; ukia |
| (ninyi) | kieni; mkia |
Verbs conjugated like kia
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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