chokoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chokoa (infinitive kuchokoa)

1. to poke, to pick

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chokoa
Positive present -nachokoa Subjunctive -chokoe Negative -chokoi Imperative singular chokoa
Infinitives
Positive kuchokoa Negative kutochokoa
Imperatives
Singular chokoa Plural chokoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchokoa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichokoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchokoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachokoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachokoa/nachokoa tunachokoa 2nd person unachokoa mnachokoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachokoa wanachokoa other classes positive subject concord + -nachokoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chokoi) Singular Plural 1st person sichokoi hatuchokoi 2nd person huchokoi hamchokoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachokoi hawachokoi other classes negative subject concord + -chokoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachokoa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachokoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chokoe) Singular Plural 1st person nichokoe tuchokoe 2nd person uchokoe mchokoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achokoe wachokoe other classes positive subject concord + -chokoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichokoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechokoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechokoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichokoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichokoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achokoa) Singular Plural 1st person nachokoa twachokoa 2nd person wachokoa mwachokoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achokoa wachokoa m-mi(III/IV) wachokoa yachokoa ji-ma(V/VI) lachokoa yachokoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachokoa vyachokoa n(IX/X) yachokoa zachokoa u(XI) wachokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachokoa pa(XVI) pachokoa mu(XVIII) mwachokoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechokoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachokoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachokoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichokoa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochokoa Consecutive kachokoa / positive subject concord + -kachokoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachokoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichokoa -tuchokoa 2nd person -kuchokoa -wachokoa/-kuchokoeni/-wachokoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchokoa -wachokoa m-mi(III/IV) -uchokoa -ichokoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichokoa -yachokoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichokoa -vichokoa n(IX/X) -ichokoa -zichokoa u(XI) -uchokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchokoa pa(XVI) -pachokoa mu(XVIII) -muchokoa Reflexive -jichokoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chokoa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chokoaye -chokoao m-mi(III/IV) -chokoao -chokoayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chokoalo -chokoayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokoacho -chokoavyo n(IX/X) -chokoayo -chokoazo u(XI) -chokoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chokoako pa(XVI) -chokoapo mu(XVIII) -chokoamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chokoa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechokoa -ochokoa m-mi(III/IV) -ochokoa -yochokoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochokoa -yochokoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochokoa -vyochokoa n(IX/X) -yochokoa -zochokoa u(XI) -ochokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochokoa pa(XVI) -pochokoa mu(XVIII) -mochokoa
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:
  • Applicative: -chokolea (“to poke at”)

See also

• chocha