| Indicative future indefinite | naakakangi = I shall tie. |
| Indicative future indefinite continuous | naakakanga = I shall be tying. |
| Indicative future perfect | naakakangaka = I shall have been tying. |
| Indicative future immediate | naikakanga = I am just about to tie. |
| Narrative tense | ekangele = I tied. |
| Narrative tense continuous | ekakangele = I was tying. |
There are only three conjugations to be found, and these are formed on the final vowel of the root:
| SIMPLE VERB. | PERFECT. | PASSIVE. |
| kanga | kangaka | kangama |
| bete | beteke | beteme |
| kolo | koloko | kolomo |
It will be interesting to the reader, before closing this very short note on the verb, for me to give an idea of the number of verbs that can be built up on a single verb by the aid of affixes which can all run through the various tenses already mentioned. The seven given in the first paragraph of this note are not repeated here:
Active transitive. Kanga = to tie.
Passive and prepositional. Kangemela = to be tied for (a purpose).
Passive and causative. Kangimija = to cause to be tied.
Passive, prepositional, and causative. Kangemelija = to cause to be tied for (a purpose).
Active, reciprocal, and prepositional. Kangenela = to tie one another for (a purpose).
Active, reciprocal, prepositional, and causative. Kangenelija = to cause to tie one another for (a purpose).