“I just got here” tense: -me, the perfect tense
This is the verb to express “I have done this”, or “I did this”. It’s always positive, never to express not having done, which is covered below.
For active verbs, it’s like having done something. For example, with “-soma”, to study:
| Tense | Swahili | English |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ninasoma | I am studying. |
| Past | nilisoma | I studied. |
| Future | nitasoma | I will study. |
| Perfect | nimesoma | I have studied. |