chuchumaa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chuchumaa (infinitive kuchuchumaa)

1. to squat

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chuchumaa
Positive present -nachuchumaa Subjunctive -chuchumae Negative -chuchumai Imperative singular chuchumaa
Infinitives
Positive kuchuchumaa Negative kutochuchumaa
Imperatives
Singular chuchumaa Plural chuchumaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchuchumaa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichuchumaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchuchumaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachuchumaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachuchumaa/nachuchumaa tunachuchumaa 2nd person unachuchumaa mnachuchumaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachuchumaa wanachuchumaa other classes positive subject concord + -nachuchumaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chuchumai) Singular Plural 1st person sichuchumai hatuchuchumai 2nd person huchuchumai hamchuchumai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachuchumai hawachuchumai other classes negative subject concord + -chuchumai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachuchumaa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachuchumaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chuchumae) Singular Plural 1st person nichuchumae tuchuchumae 2nd person uchuchumae mchuchumae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achuchumae wachuchumae other classes positive subject concord + -chuchumae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichuchumae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechuchumaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechuchumaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichuchumaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichuchumaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achuchumaa) Singular Plural 1st person nachuchumaa twachuchumaa 2nd person wachuchumaa mwachuchumaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achuchumaa wachuchumaa m-mi(III/IV) wachuchumaa yachuchumaa ji-ma(V/VI) lachuchumaa yachuchumaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachuchumaa vyachuchumaa n(IX/X) yachuchumaa zachuchumaa u(XI) wachuchumaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachuchumaa pa(XVI) pachuchumaa mu(XVIII) mwachuchumaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechuchumaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachuchumaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachuchumaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichuchumaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochuchumaa Consecutive kachuchumaa / positive subject concord + -kachuchumaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachuchumae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichuchumaa -tuchuchumaa 2nd person -kuchuchumaa -wachuchumaa/-kuchuchumaeni/-wachuchumaeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchuchumaa -wachuchumaa m-mi(III/IV) -uchuchumaa -ichuchumaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichuchumaa -yachuchumaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichuchumaa -vichuchumaa n(IX/X) -ichuchumaa -zichuchumaa u(XI) -uchuchumaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchuchumaa pa(XVI) -pachuchumaa mu(XVIII) -muchuchumaa Reflexive -jichuchumaa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chuchumaa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chuchumaaye -chuchumaao m-mi(III/IV) -chuchumaao -chuchumaayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chuchumaalo -chuchumaayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chuchumaacho -chuchumaavyo n(IX/X) -chuchumaayo -chuchumaazo u(XI) -chuchumaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chuchumaako pa(XVI) -chuchumaapo mu(XVIII) -chuchumaamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chuchumaa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechuchumaa -ochuchumaa m-mi(III/IV) -ochuchumaa -yochuchumaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochuchumaa -yochuchumaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochuchumaa -vyochuchumaa n(IX/X) -yochuchumaa -zochuchumaa u(XI) -ochuchumaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochuchumaa pa(XVI) -pochuchumaa mu(XVIII) -mochuchumaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.