verbs change according to status (affirmative/negative), mood (indicative/potential), aspect, tense, number, person and class.The usual three persons used in the Bantu group apply, and the first and second persons plural are maximally inclusive. The class link is usually written as a separate word, as in Tsonga and Ronga. Otherwise the paradigm is organised as follows:

;Affirmative
: Indicative:
:: Present
:: Present continuous
:: Past
:: Past continuous
:: Perfect
:: Pluperfect
:: Future
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