chezea

Swahili

Verb

-chezea (infinitive kuchezea)

1. Applicative form of -cheza: to play with

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chezea
Positive present -nachezea Subjunctive -chezee Negative -chezei Imperative singular chezea
Infinitives
Positive kuchezea Negative kutochezea
Imperatives
Singular chezea Plural chezeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchezea Positive past positive subject concord + -lichezea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchezea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachezea) Singular Plural 1st person ninachezea/nachezea tunachezea 2nd person unachezea mnachezea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachezea wanachezea other classes positive subject concord + -nachezea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chezei) Singular Plural 1st person sichezei hatuchezei 2nd person huchezei hamchezei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachezei hawachezei other classes negative subject concord + -chezei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachezea Negative future negative subject concord + -tachezea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chezee) Singular Plural 1st person nichezee tuchezee 2nd person uchezee mchezee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezee wachezee other classes positive subject concord + -chezee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichezee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechezea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechezea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichezea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichezea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achezea) Singular Plural 1st person nachezea twachezea 2nd person wachezea mwachezea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezea wachezea m-mi(III/IV) wachezea yachezea ji-ma(V/VI) lachezea yachezea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachezea vyachezea n(IX/X) yachezea zachezea u(XI) wachezea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachezea pa(XVI) pachezea mu(XVIII) mwachezea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechezea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachezea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachezea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichezea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochezea Consecutive kachezea / positive subject concord + -kachezea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachezee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichezea -tuchezea 2nd person -kuchezea -wachezea/-kuchezeeni/-wachezeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchezea -wachezea m-mi(III/IV) -uchezea -ichezea ji-ma(V/VI) -lichezea -yachezea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichezea -vichezea n(IX/X) -ichezea -zichezea u(XI) -uchezea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchezea pa(XVI) -pachezea mu(XVIII) -muchezea Reflexive -jichezea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chezea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chezeaye -chezeao m-mi(III/IV) -chezeao -chezeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chezealo -chezeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chezeacho -chezeavyo n(IX/X) -chezeayo -chezeazo u(XI) -chezeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chezeako pa(XVI) -chezeapo mu(XVIII) -chezeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chezea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechezea -ochezea m-mi(III/IV) -ochezea -yochezea ji-ma(V/VI) -lochezea -yochezea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochezea -vyochezea n(IX/X) -yochezea -zochezea u(XI) -ochezea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochezea pa(XVI) -pochezea mu(XVIII) -mochezea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -chezewa
  • Reciprocal: -chezeana