Past tense - Wakati uliopita

Past tense – Wakati uliopita

I/We/You/He/She/It/They + 2^nd form of verb

Ni/Tu/U/ A/ Wa+li + kitenzi

I ate food

Nilikula chakula

I played football

Nilicheza mpira

I went to school

Nilienda shule

Note ‘ni’ is used to show the first person singular,
‘li’ is used to show past tense.

‘u’ second person singular, ‘m’ second person plural

‘a’ third person singular, ‘wa’ third person plural

‘Li’ is used to show the act was done in the past, you look at the last lesson I theme about the present you will see ‘na’ used to show the act is done now, mfano ni+na+cheza (I am playing)

We played football

Tulicheza mpira

We ate food

Tulikula chakula

We went to school

Tulienda shule

You went to school (second person singular)

Ulienda shule

You went to school (second person plural)

Mlienda shule

He/she/it ate food

Alikula chakula

He/she/it palyed football

Alicheza mpira

He/she/it went to school

Alienda shule

They ate food

Walikula chakula

They went to school

Walienda shule

They played football

Walicheza mpira