chwea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chwea (infinitive kuchwea)

1. Applicative form of -chwa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chwea
Positive present -nachwea Subjunctive -chwee Negative -chwei Imperative singular chwea
Infinitives
Positive kuchwea Negative kutochwea
Imperatives
Singular chwea Plural chweeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchwea Positive past positive subject concord + -lichwea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchwea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachwea) Singular Plural 1st person ninachwea/nachwea tunachwea 2nd person unachwea mnachwea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachwea wanachwea other classes positive subject concord + -nachwea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chwei) Singular Plural 1st person sichwei hatuchwei 2nd person huchwei hamchwei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachwei hawachwei other classes negative subject concord + -chwei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachwea Negative future negative subject concord + -tachwea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chwee) Singular Plural 1st person nichwee tuchwee 2nd person uchwee mchwee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achwee wachwee other classes positive subject concord + -chwee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichwee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechwea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechwea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichwea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichwea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achwea) Singular Plural 1st person nachwea twachwea 2nd person wachwea mwachwea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achwea wachwea m-mi(III/IV) wachwea yachwea ji-ma(V/VI) lachwea yachwea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachwea vyachwea n(IX/X) yachwea zachwea u(XI) wachwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachwea pa(XVI) pachwea mu(XVIII) mwachwea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechwea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachwea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachwea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichwea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochwea Consecutive kachwea / positive subject concord + -kachwea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachwee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichwea -tuchwea 2nd person -kuchwea -wachwea/-kuchweeni/-wachweeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchwea -wachwea m-mi(III/IV) -uchwea -ichwea ji-ma(V/VI) -lichwea -yachwea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichwea -vichwea n(IX/X) -ichwea -zichwea u(XI) -uchwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchwea pa(XVI) -pachwea mu(XVIII) -muchwea Reflexive -jichwea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chwea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chweaye -chweao m-mi(III/IV) -chweao -chweayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chwealo -chweayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chweacho -chweavyo n(IX/X) -chweayo -chweazo u(XI) -chweao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chweako pa(XVI) -chweapo mu(XVIII) -chweamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chwea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechwea -ochwea m-mi(III/IV) -ochwea -yochwea ji-ma(V/VI) -lochwea -yochwea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochwea -vyochwea n(IX/X) -yochwea -zochwea u(XI) -ochwea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochwea pa(XVI) -pochwea mu(XVIII) -mochwea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.