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Swahili
Verb
-cheza (infinitive kucheza)
- to play
- to play a sport
- to play around
- to dance to music
- to be loose, to shake about
Conjugation
Conjugation of -cheza
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Positive present
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-nacheza
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Subjunctive
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-cheze
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Negative
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-chezi
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Imperative singular
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cheza
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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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hucheza
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -licheza
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kucheza
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nacheza)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninacheza/nacheza
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tunacheza
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2nd person
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unacheza
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mnacheza
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anacheza
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wanacheza
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nacheza
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chezi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sichezi
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hatuchezi
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2nd person
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huchezi
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hamchezi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hachezi
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hawachezi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -chezi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tacheza
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tacheza
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -cheze)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nicheze
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tucheze
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2nd person
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ucheze
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mcheze
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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acheze
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wacheze
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -cheze
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sicheze
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngecheza
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singecheza
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalicheza
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalicheza
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mecheza
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshacheza
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jacheza
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kicheza
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipocheza
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Consecutive
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kacheza / positive subject concord + -kacheza
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kacheze
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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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Derived terms