chemshwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chemshwa (infinitive kuchemshwa)

1. Passive form of -chemsha

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chemshwa
Positive present -nachemshwa Subjunctive -chemshwe Negative -chemshwi Imperative singular chemshwa
Infinitives
Positive kuchemshwa Negative kutochemshwa
Imperatives
Singular chemshwa Plural chemshweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchemshwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichemshwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchemshwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachemshwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachemshwa/nachemshwa tunachemshwa 2nd person unachemshwa mnachemshwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachemshwa wanachemshwa other classes positive subject concord + -nachemshwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chemshwi) Singular Plural 1st person sichemshwi hatuchemshwi 2nd person huchemshwi hamchemshwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachemshwi hawachemshwi other classes negative subject concord + -chemshwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachemshwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachemshwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chemshwe) Singular Plural 1st person nichemshwe tuchemshwe 2nd person uchemshwe mchemshwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achemshwe wachemshwe other classes positive subject concord + -chemshwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichemshwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechemshwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechemshwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichemshwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichemshwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achemshwa) Singular Plural 1st person nachemshwa twachemshwa 2nd person wachemshwa mwachemshwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achemshwa wachemshwa m-mi(III/IV) wachemshwa yachemshwa ji-ma(V/VI) lachemshwa yachemshwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachemshwa vyachemshwa n(IX/X) yachemshwa zachemshwa u(XI) wachemshwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachemshwa pa(XVI) pachemshwa mu(XVIII) mwachemshwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechemshwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachemshwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachemshwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichemshwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochemshwa Consecutive kachemshwa / positive subject concord + -kachemshwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachemshwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichemshwa -tuchemshwa 2nd person -kuchemshwa -wachemshwa/-kuchemshweni/-wachemshweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchemshwa -wachemshwa m-mi(III/IV) -uchemshwa -ichemshwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichemshwa -yachemshwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichemshwa -vichemshwa n(IX/X) -ichemshwa -zichemshwa u(XI) -uchemshwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchemshwa pa(XVI) -pachemshwa mu(XVIII) -muchemshwa Reflexive -jichemshwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chemshwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chemshwaye -chemshwao m-mi(III/IV) -chemshwao -chemshwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chemshwalo -chemshwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chemshwacho -chemshwavyo n(IX/X) -chemshwayo -chemshwazo u(XI) -chemshwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chemshwako pa(XVI) -chemshwapo mu(XVIII) -chemshwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chemshwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechemshwa -ochemshwa m-mi(III/IV) -ochemshwa -yochemshwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochemshwa -yochemshwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochemshwa -vyochemshwa n(IX/X) -yochemshwa -zochemshwa u(XI) -ochemshwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochemshwa pa(XVI) -pochemshwa mu(XVIII) -mochemshwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.