chomwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chomwa (infinitive kuchomwa)

1. Passive form of -choma: to be burned, to be stabbed, to be injected

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chomwa
Positive present -nachomwa Subjunctive -chomwe Negative -chomwi Imperative singular chomwa
Infinitives
Positive kuchomwa Negative kutochomwa
Imperatives
Singular chomwa Plural chomweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchomwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichomwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchomwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachomwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachomwa/nachomwa tunachomwa 2nd person unachomwa mnachomwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachomwa wanachomwa other classes positive subject concord + -nachomwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chomwi) Singular Plural 1st person sichomwi hatuchomwi 2nd person huchomwi hamchomwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachomwi hawachomwi other classes negative subject concord + -chomwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachomwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachomwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chomwe) Singular Plural 1st person nichomwe tuchomwe 2nd person uchomwe mchomwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achomwe wachomwe other classes positive subject concord + -chomwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichomwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechomwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechomwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichomwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichomwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achomwa) Singular Plural 1st person nachomwa twachomwa 2nd person wachomwa mwachomwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achomwa wachomwa m-mi(III/IV) wachomwa yachomwa ji-ma(V/VI) lachomwa yachomwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachomwa vyachomwa n(IX/X) yachomwa zachomwa u(XI) wachomwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachomwa pa(XVI) pachomwa mu(XVIII) mwachomwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechomwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachomwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachomwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichomwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochomwa Consecutive kachomwa / positive subject concord + -kachomwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachomwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichomwa -tuchomwa 2nd person -kuchomwa -wachomwa/-kuchomweni/-wachomweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchomwa -wachomwa m-mi(III/IV) -uchomwa -ichomwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichomwa -yachomwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichomwa -vichomwa n(IX/X) -ichomwa -zichomwa u(XI) -uchomwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchomwa pa(XVI) -pachomwa mu(XVIII) -muchomwa Reflexive -jichomwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chomwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chomwaye -chomwao m-mi(III/IV) -chomwao -chomwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chomwalo -chomwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomwacho -chomwavyo n(IX/X) -chomwayo -chomwazo u(XI) -chomwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chomwako pa(XVI) -chomwapo mu(XVIII) -chomwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chomwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechomwa -ochomwa m-mi(III/IV) -ochomwa -yochomwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochomwa -yochomwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochomwa -vyochomwa n(IX/X) -yochomwa -zochomwa u(XI) -ochomwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochomwa pa(XVI) -pochomwa mu(XVIII) -mochomwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.