| to remember/to recall | kukumbuka |
| I remember | ninakumbuka |
| time /timing / tense (u-class / pl. nyakati / poss. pref. w/z / obj. pref. u / of: wa /za) | wakati |
| a certain thing/ somebody / invariable adj. : certain (n-class) | fulani |
| a certain time | wakati fulani |
| I remember a certain time | Ninakumbuka wakati fulani |
| to hate | kuchukia |
| I hated (imperfect) | nilichukia |
| when / infix (after tense marker) | -po- |
| when I hated | nilipochukia |
| I remember a time when I hated | Ninakumbuka wakati fulani nilipochukia |
| I remember a time when I hated our home very much. | Ninakumbuka wakati fulani nilipochukia kwetu sana. |