chokolea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chokolea (infinitive kuchokolea)

1. Applicative form of -chokoa: to poke at

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chokolea
Positive present -nachokolea Subjunctive -chokolee Negative -chokolei Imperative singular chokolea
Infinitives
Positive kuchokolea Negative kutochokolea
Imperatives
Singular chokolea Plural chokoleeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchokolea Positive past positive subject concord + -lichokolea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchokolea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachokolea) Singular Plural 1st person ninachokolea/nachokolea tunachokolea 2nd person unachokolea mnachokolea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachokolea wanachokolea other classes positive subject concord + -nachokolea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chokolei) Singular Plural 1st person sichokolei hatuchokolei 2nd person huchokolei hamchokolei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachokolei hawachokolei other classes negative subject concord + -chokolei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachokolea Negative future negative subject concord + -tachokolea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chokolee) Singular Plural 1st person nichokolee tuchokolee 2nd person uchokolee mchokolee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achokolee wachokolee other classes positive subject concord + -chokolee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichokolee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechokolea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechokolea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichokolea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichokolea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achokolea) Singular Plural 1st person nachokolea twachokolea 2nd person wachokolea mwachokolea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achokolea wachokolea m-mi(III/IV) wachokolea yachokolea ji-ma(V/VI) lachokolea yachokolea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachokolea vyachokolea n(IX/X) yachokolea zachokolea u(XI) wachokolea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachokolea pa(XVI) pachokolea mu(XVIII) mwachokolea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechokolea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachokolea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachokolea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichokolea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochokolea Consecutive kachokolea / positive subject concord + -kachokolea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachokolee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichokolea -tuchokolea 2nd person -kuchokolea -wachokolea/-kuchokoleeni/-wachokoleeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchokolea -wachokolea m-mi(III/IV) -uchokolea -ichokolea ji-ma(V/VI) -lichokolea -yachokolea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichokolea -vichokolea n(IX/X) -ichokolea -zichokolea u(XI) -uchokolea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchokolea pa(XVI) -pachokolea mu(XVIII) -muchokolea Reflexive -jichokolea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chokolea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chokoleaye -chokoleao m-mi(III/IV) -chokoleao -chokoleayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chokolealo -chokoleayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokoleacho -chokoleavyo n(IX/X) -chokoleayo -chokoleazo u(XI) -chokoleao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chokoleako pa(XVI) -chokoleapo mu(XVIII) -chokoleamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chokolea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechokolea -ochokolea m-mi(III/IV) -ochokolea -yochokolea ji-ma(V/VI) -lochokolea -yochokolea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochokolea -vyochokolea n(IX/X) -yochokolea -zochokolea u(XI) -ochokolea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochokolea pa(XVI) -pochokolea mu(XVIII) -mochokolea
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:
  • Stative: -chokoleka (“to be pokable”)