chezewa

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Swahili

Verb

-chezewa (infinitive kuchezewa)

  1. Passive form of -chezea: to be played with, to used for playing
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 5:
      Kwa hivyo, ni lazima mimi nione uchungu kuona mali yangu yanachezewa tu, []
      As such, I can't but feel pained to see my money used for playing, 

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chezewa
Positive present -nachezewa
Subjunctive -chezewe
Negative -chezewi
Imperative singular chezewa
Infinitives
Positive kuchezewa
Negative kutochezewa
Imperatives
Singular chezewa
Plural chezeweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchezewa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichezewa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchezewa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachezewa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachezewa/nachezewa tunachezewa
2nd person unachezewa mnachezewa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachezewa wanachezewa
other classes positive subject concord + -nachezewa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chezewi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichezewi hatuchezewi
2nd person huchezewi hamchezewi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachezewi hawachezewi
other classes negative subject concord + -chezewi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachezewa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachezewa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chezewe)
Singular Plural
1st person nichezewe tuchezewe
2nd person uchezewe mchezewe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezewe wachezewe
other classes positive subject concord + -chezewe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichezewe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechezewa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechezewa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichezewa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichezewa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achezewa)
Singular Plural
1st person nachezewa twachezewa
2nd person wachezewa mwachezewa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achezewa wachezewa
m-mi(III/IV) wachezewa yachezewa
ji-ma(V/VI) lachezewa yachezewa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachezewa vyachezewa
n(IX/X) yachezewa zachezewa
u(XI) wachezewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachezewa
pa(XVI) pachezewa
mu(XVIII) mwachezewa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechezewa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachezewa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachezewa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichezewa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochezewa
Consecutive kachezewa / positive subject concord + -kachezewa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachezewe
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -chezewa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chezewaye -chezewao
m-mi(III/IV) -chezewao -chezewayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chezewalo -chezewayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chezewacho -chezewavyo
n(IX/X) -chezewayo -chezewazo
u(XI) -chezewao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chezewako
pa(XVI) -chezewapo
mu(XVIII) -chezewamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -chezewa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechezewa -ochezewa
m-mi(III/IV) -ochezewa -yochezewa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochezewa -yochezewa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochezewa -vyochezewa
n(IX/X) -yochezewa -zochezewa
u(XI) -ochezewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochezewa
pa(XVI) -pochezewa
mu(XVIII) -mochezewa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.