cheza

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See also: chěža

Chichewa

Pronunciation

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

Tsonga

Verb

cheza

  1. to patch (as a garment)
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