Conjugation of “bona”

ukubona
Infinitive
ukubona

Present

Present

ngi- (I)ngibona
u- (you)ubona
u- (s/he, cl.1)ubona
si- (we)sibona
ni- (you pl)nibona
ba- (they, cl.2)babona

Present (long)

ngi- (I)ngiyabona
u- (you)uyabona
u- (s/he, cl.1)uyabona
si- (we)siyabona
ni- (you pl)niyabona
ba- (they, cl.2)bayabona

Past

Recent past

ngi- (I)ngibonile
u- (you)ubonile
u- (s/he, cl.1)ubonile
si- (we)sibonile
ni- (you pl)nibonile
ba- (they, cl.2)babonile

Remote past

ngi- (I)ngabona
u- (you)wabona
u- (s/he, cl.1)wabona
si- (we)sabona
ni- (you pl)nabona
ba- (they, cl.2)babona

Future

Future

ngi- (I)ngizobona
u- (you)uzobona
u- (s/he, cl.1)uzobona
si- (we)sizobona
ni- (you pl)nizobona
ba- (they, cl.2)bazobona

Other

Subjunctive

ngi- (I)ngibone
u- (you)ubone
u- (s/he, cl.1)abone
si- (we)sibone
ni- (you pl)nibone
ba- (they, cl.2)babone

Participle

ngi- (I)ngibona
u- (you)ubona
u- (s/he, cl.1)ebona
si- (we)sibona
ni- (you pl)nibona
ba- (they, cl.2)bebona

Imperative

singularbona
pluralbonani