-chelewa (infinitive kuchelewa)
- (stative) to be late
- umechelewa ― you are late
Conjugation of -chelewa
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Positive present
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-nachelewa
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Subjunctive
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-chelewe
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Negative
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-chelewi
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Imperative singular
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chelewa
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huchelewa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lichelewa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuchelewa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachelewa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninachelewa/nachelewa
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tunachelewa
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2nd person
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unachelewa
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mnachelewa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anachelewa
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wanachelewa
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nachelewa
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chelewi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sichelewi
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hatuchelewi
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2nd person
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huchelewi
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hamchelewi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hachelewi
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hawachelewi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -chelewi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tachelewa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tachelewa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chelewe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nichelewe
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tuchelewe
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2nd person
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uchelewe
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mchelewe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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achelewe
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wachelewe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -chelewe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sichelewe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngechelewa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singechelewa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalichelewa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalichelewa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mechelewa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshachelewa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jachelewa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kichelewa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipochelewa
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Consecutive
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kachelewa / positive subject concord + -kachelewa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kachelewe
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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chelewa (needs class)
- hangover