chanjwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chanjwa (infinitive kuchanjwa)

1. Passive form of -chanja

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chanjwa
Positive present -nachanjwa Subjunctive -chanjwe Negative -chanjwi Imperative singular chanjwa
Infinitives
Positive kuchanjwa Negative kutochanjwa
Imperatives
Singular chanjwa Plural chanjweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchanjwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichanjwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchanjwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachanjwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachanjwa/nachanjwa tunachanjwa 2nd person unachanjwa mnachanjwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachanjwa wanachanjwa other classes positive subject concord + -nachanjwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chanjwi) Singular Plural 1st person sichanjwi hatuchanjwi 2nd person huchanjwi hamchanjwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachanjwi hawachanjwi other classes negative subject concord + -chanjwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachanjwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachanjwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chanjwe) Singular Plural 1st person nichanjwe tuchanjwe 2nd person uchanjwe mchanjwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanjwe wachanjwe other classes positive subject concord + -chanjwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichanjwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechanjwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechanjwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichanjwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichanjwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achanjwa) Singular Plural 1st person nachanjwa twachanjwa 2nd person wachanjwa mwachanjwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanjwa wachanjwa m-mi(III/IV) wachanjwa yachanjwa ji-ma(V/VI) lachanjwa yachanjwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachanjwa vyachanjwa n(IX/X) yachanjwa zachanjwa u(XI) wachanjwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachanjwa pa(XVI) pachanjwa mu(XVIII) mwachanjwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechanjwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachanjwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachanjwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichanjwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochanjwa Consecutive kachanjwa / positive subject concord + -kachanjwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachanjwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichanjwa -tuchanjwa 2nd person -kuchanjwa -wachanjwa/-kuchanjweni/-wachanjweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchanjwa -wachanjwa m-mi(III/IV) -uchanjwa -ichanjwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichanjwa -yachanjwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichanjwa -vichanjwa n(IX/X) -ichanjwa -zichanjwa u(XI) -uchanjwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchanjwa pa(XVI) -pachanjwa mu(XVIII) -muchanjwa Reflexive -jichanjwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chanjwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chanjwaye -chanjwao m-mi(III/IV) -chanjwao -chanjwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chanjwalo -chanjwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chanjwacho -chanjwavyo n(IX/X) -chanjwayo -chanjwazo u(XI) -chanjwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chanjwako pa(XVI) -chanjwapo mu(XVIII) -chanjwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chanjwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechanjwa -ochanjwa m-mi(III/IV) -ochanjwa -yochanjwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochanjwa -yochanjwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochanjwa -vyochanjwa n(IX/X) -yochanjwa -zochanjwa u(XI) -ochanjwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochanjwa pa(XVI) -pochanjwa mu(XVIII) -mochanjwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.