chumbishwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chumbishwa (infinitive kuchumbishwa)

1. Passive form of -chumbisha

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chumbishwa
Positive present -nachumbishwa Subjunctive -chumbishwe Negative -chumbishwi Imperative singular chumbishwa
Infinitives
Positive kuchumbishwa Negative kutochumbishwa
Imperatives
Singular chumbishwa Plural chumbishweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchumbishwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichumbishwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchumbishwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachumbishwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachumbishwa/nachumbishwa tunachumbishwa 2nd person unachumbishwa mnachumbishwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachumbishwa wanachumbishwa other classes positive subject concord + -nachumbishwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chumbishwi) Singular Plural 1st person sichumbishwi hatuchumbishwi 2nd person huchumbishwi hamchumbishwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachumbishwi hawachumbishwi other classes negative subject concord + -chumbishwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachumbishwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachumbishwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chumbishwe) Singular Plural 1st person nichumbishwe tuchumbishwe 2nd person uchumbishwe mchumbishwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achumbishwe wachumbishwe other classes positive subject concord + -chumbishwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichumbishwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechumbishwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechumbishwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichumbishwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichumbishwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achumbishwa) Singular Plural 1st person nachumbishwa twachumbishwa 2nd person wachumbishwa mwachumbishwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achumbishwa wachumbishwa m-mi(III/IV) wachumbishwa yachumbishwa ji-ma(V/VI) lachumbishwa yachumbishwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachumbishwa vyachumbishwa n(IX/X) yachumbishwa zachumbishwa u(XI) wachumbishwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachumbishwa pa(XVI) pachumbishwa mu(XVIII) mwachumbishwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechumbishwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachumbishwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachumbishwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichumbishwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochumbishwa Consecutive kachumbishwa / positive subject concord + -kachumbishwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachumbishwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichumbishwa -tuchumbishwa 2nd person -kuchumbishwa -wachumbishwa/-kuchumbishweni/-wachumbishweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchumbishwa -wachumbishwa m-mi(III/IV) -uchumbishwa -ichumbishwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichumbishwa -yachumbishwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichumbishwa -vichumbishwa n(IX/X) -ichumbishwa -zichumbishwa u(XI) -uchumbishwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchumbishwa pa(XVI) -pachumbishwa mu(XVIII) -muchumbishwa Reflexive -jichumbishwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chumbishwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chumbishwaye -chumbishwao m-mi(III/IV) -chumbishwao -chumbishwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chumbishwalo -chumbishwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chumbishwacho -chumbishwavyo n(IX/X) -chumbishwayo -chumbishwazo u(XI) -chumbishwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chumbishwako pa(XVI) -chumbishwapo mu(XVIII) -chumbishwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chumbishwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechumbishwa -ochumbishwa m-mi(III/IV) -ochumbishwa -yochumbishwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochumbishwa -yochumbishwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochumbishwa -vyochumbishwa n(IX/X) -yochumbishwa -zochumbishwa u(XI) -ochumbishwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochumbishwa pa(XVI) -pochumbishwa mu(XVIII) -mochumbishwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.