chezeana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chezeana (infinitive kuchezeana)

1. Reciprocal form of -chezea: to play with one another
2. to compete with one another in sport

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chezeana
Positive present -nachezeana Subjunctive -chezeane Negative -chezeani Imperative singular chezeana
Infinitives
Positive kuchezeana Negative kutochezeana
Imperatives
Singular chezeana Plural chezeaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchezeana Positive past positive subject concord + -lichezeana Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchezeana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachezeana) Singular Plural 1st person ninachezeana/nachezeana tunachezeana 2nd person unachezeana mnachezeana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachezeana wanachezeana other classes positive subject concord + -nachezeana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chezeani) Singular Plural 1st person sichezeani hatuchezeani 2nd person huchezeani hamchezeani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachezeani hawachezeani other classes negative subject concord + -chezeani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachezeana Negative future negative subject concord + -tachezeana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chezeane) Singular Plural 1st person nichezeane tuchezeane 2nd person uchezeane mchezeane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezeane wachezeane other classes positive subject concord + -chezeane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichezeane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechezeana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechezeana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichezeana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichezeana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achezeana) Singular Plural 1st person nachezeana twachezeana 2nd person wachezeana mwachezeana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezeana wachezeana m-mi(III/IV) wachezeana yachezeana ji-ma(V/VI) lachezeana yachezeana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachezeana vyachezeana n(IX/X) yachezeana zachezeana u(XI) wachezeana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachezeana pa(XVI) pachezeana mu(XVIII) mwachezeana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechezeana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachezeana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachezeana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichezeana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochezeana Consecutive kachezeana / positive subject concord + -kachezeana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachezeane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -chezeana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chezeanaye -chezeanao m-mi(III/IV) -chezeanao -chezeanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chezeanalo -chezeanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chezeanacho -chezeanavyo n(IX/X) -chezeanayo -chezeanazo u(XI) -chezeanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chezeanako pa(XVI) -chezeanapo mu(XVIII) -chezeanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -chezeana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechezeana -ochezeana m-mi(III/IV) -ochezeana -yochezeana ji-ma(V/VI) -lochezeana -yochezeana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochezeana -vyochezeana n(IX/X) -yochezeana -zochezeana u(XI) -ochezeana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochezeana pa(XVI) -pochezeana mu(XVIII) -mochezeana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.