checha

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-checha (infinitive kuchecha)

  1. to contradict, criticise, object

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -checha
Positive present -nachecha
Subjunctive -cheche
Negative -chechi
Imperative singular checha
Infinitives
Positive kuchecha
Negative kutochecha
Imperatives
Singular checha
Plural checheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchecha
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichecha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchecha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachecha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachecha/nachecha tunachecha
2nd person unachecha mnachecha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachecha wanachecha
other classes positive subject concord + -nachecha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chechi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichechi hatuchechi
2nd person huchechi hamchechi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachechi hawachechi
other classes negative subject concord + -chechi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachecha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachecha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -cheche)
Singular Plural
1st person nicheche tucheche
2nd person ucheche mcheche
3rd person m-wa(I/II) acheche wacheche
other classes positive subject concord + -cheche
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sicheche
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechecha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechecha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichecha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichecha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achecha)
Singular Plural
1st person nachecha twachecha
2nd person wachecha mwachecha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achecha wachecha
m-mi(III/IV) wachecha yachecha
ji-ma(V/VI) lachecha yachecha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachecha vyachecha
n(IX/X) yachecha zachecha
u(XI) wachecha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachecha
pa(XVI) pachecha
mu(XVIII) mwachecha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechecha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachecha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachecha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichecha
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochecha
Consecutive kachecha / positive subject concord + -kachecha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kacheche
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichecha -tuchecha
2nd person -kuchecha -wachecha/-kuchecheni/-wachecheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchecha -wachecha
m-mi(III/IV) -uchecha -ichecha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichecha -yachecha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichecha -vichecha
n(IX/X) -ichecha -zichecha
u(XI) -uchecha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchecha
pa(XVI) -pachecha
mu(XVIII) -muchecha
Reflexive -jichecha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -checha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chechaye -chechao
m-mi(III/IV) -chechao -chechayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chechalo -chechayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chechacho -chechavyo
n(IX/X) -chechayo -chechazo
u(XI) -chechao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chechako
pa(XVI) -chechapo
mu(XVIII) -chechamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -checha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechecha -ochecha
m-mi(III/IV) -ochecha -yochecha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochecha -yochecha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochecha -vyochecha
n(IX/X) -yochecha -zochecha
u(XI) -ochecha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochecha
pa(XVI) -pochecha
mu(XVIII) -mochecha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.