cheza

See also: chěža

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.za/

Verb

-cheza (infinitive kuchéza)

1. chat

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-cheza (infinitive kucheza)

1. to play
2. to play a sport
3. to play around
4. to dance to music
5. to be loose, to shake about

Conjugation

Conjugation of -cheza
Positive present -nacheza Subjunctive -cheze Negative -chezi Imperative singular cheza
Infinitives
Positive kucheza Negative kutocheza
Imperatives
Singular cheza Plural chezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hucheza Positive past positive subject concord + -licheza Negative past negative subject concord + -kucheza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nacheza) Singular Plural 1st person ninacheza/nacheza tunacheza 2nd person unacheza mnacheza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anacheza wanacheza other classes positive subject concord + -nacheza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chezi) Singular Plural 1st person sichezi hatuchezi 2nd person huchezi hamchezi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachezi hawachezi other classes negative subject concord + -chezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tacheza Negative future negative subject concord + -tacheza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -cheze) Singular Plural 1st person nicheze tucheze 2nd person ucheze mcheze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) acheze wacheze other classes positive subject concord + -cheze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sicheze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngecheza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singecheza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalicheza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalicheza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -acheza) Singular Plural 1st person nacheza twacheza 2nd person wacheza mwacheza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) acheza wacheza m-mi(III/IV) wacheza yacheza ji-ma(V/VI) lacheza yacheza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chacheza vyacheza n(IX/X) yacheza zacheza u(XI) wacheza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwacheza pa(XVI) pacheza mu(XVIII) mwacheza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mecheza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshacheza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jacheza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kicheza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipocheza Consecutive kacheza / positive subject concord + -kacheza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kacheze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nicheza -tucheza 2nd person -kucheza -wacheza/-kuchezeni/-wachezeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mcheza -wacheza m-mi(III/IV) -ucheza -icheza ji-ma(V/VI) -licheza -yacheza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kicheza -vicheza n(IX/X) -icheza -zicheza u(XI) -ucheza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kucheza pa(XVI) -pacheza mu(XVIII) -mucheza Reflexive -jicheza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -cheza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chezaye -chezao m-mi(III/IV) -chezao -chezayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chezalo -chezayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chezacho -chezavyo n(IX/X) -chezayo -chezazo u(XI) -chezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chezako pa(XVI) -chezapo mu(XVIII) -chezamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -cheza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yecheza -ocheza m-mi(III/IV) -ocheza -yocheza ji-ma(V/VI) -locheza -yocheza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chocheza -vyocheza n(IX/X) -yocheza -zocheza u(XI) -ocheza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kocheza pa(XVI) -pocheza mu(XVIII) -mocheza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -chezea
  • Causative: -chezesha
  • Passive: -chezwa
  • Reciprocal: -chezeana
  • Stative: -chezeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • mchezaji (“player”)
  • mchezo (“game”)

Tsonga

Verb

cheza

1. to patch (as a garment)