chezwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chezwa (infinitive kuchezwa)

1. Passive form of -cheza: to be played

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chezwa
Positive present -nachezwa Subjunctive -chezwe Negative -chezwi Imperative singular chezwa
Infinitives
Positive kuchezwa Negative kutochezwa
Imperatives
Singular chezwa Plural chezweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchezwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichezwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchezwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachezwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachezwa/nachezwa tunachezwa 2nd person unachezwa mnachezwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachezwa wanachezwa other classes positive subject concord + -nachezwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chezwi) Singular Plural 1st person sichezwi hatuchezwi 2nd person huchezwi hamchezwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachezwi hawachezwi other classes negative subject concord + -chezwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachezwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachezwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chezwe) Singular Plural 1st person nichezwe tuchezwe 2nd person uchezwe mchezwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezwe wachezwe other classes positive subject concord + -chezwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichezwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechezwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechezwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichezwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichezwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achezwa) Singular Plural 1st person nachezwa twachezwa 2nd person wachezwa mwachezwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezwa wachezwa m-mi(III/IV) wachezwa yachezwa ji-ma(V/VI) lachezwa yachezwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachezwa vyachezwa n(IX/X) yachezwa zachezwa u(XI) wachezwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachezwa pa(XVI) pachezwa mu(XVIII) mwachezwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechezwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachezwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachezwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichezwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochezwa Consecutive kachezwa / positive subject concord + -kachezwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachezwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichezwa -tuchezwa 2nd person -kuchezwa -wachezwa/-kuchezweni/-wachezweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchezwa -wachezwa m-mi(III/IV) -uchezwa -ichezwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichezwa -yachezwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichezwa -vichezwa n(IX/X) -ichezwa -zichezwa u(XI) -uchezwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchezwa pa(XVI) -pachezwa mu(XVIII) -muchezwa Reflexive -jichezwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chezwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chezwaye -chezwao m-mi(III/IV) -chezwao -chezwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chezwalo -chezwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chezwacho -chezwavyo n(IX/X) -chezwayo -chezwazo u(XI) -chezwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chezwako pa(XVI) -chezwapo mu(XVIII) -chezwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chezwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechezwa -ochezwa m-mi(III/IV) -ochezwa -yochezwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochezwa -yochezwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochezwa -vyochezwa n(IX/X) -yochezwa -zochezwa u(XI) -ochezwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochezwa pa(XVI) -pochezwa mu(XVIII) -mochezwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.