PRESENT TENSE AND PAST TENSE(1)

English - Swahili

Eat - Kula
Play - Cheza
Cry - lia
Find - tafuta
Spend - Tumia
Speak - Ongea
Produce - Zalisha

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For present tense we start a word with nina- before a verb.
For past tense we start a word with nili- before a verb.

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I am eating - Ninakula
I ate - Nilikula

I am dancing - Ninacheza
I danced - Nilicheza

I am cooking - Ninapika
I cooked - Nilipika.

I am walking - Ninatembea
I walked - Nilitembea

I am smiling - Ninatabasamu.
I smiled - Nilitabasamu

I am writing - Ninaandika
I wrote - Niliandika.

I am coming - Ninakuja
I came - Nilikuja.

EXERCISE

I am spending - ....................................................
I spent -...................................................................

I am finding - .....................................................
I found-............................................................

I am producing - ................................................
I produced-.........................................................

I am crying - ......................................................
I cried-..............................................................

I am speaking - ................................................
I spoke-............................................................