chelewesha

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chelewesha (infinitive kuchelewesha)

1. Causative form of -chelewa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chelewesha
Positive present -nachelewesha Subjunctive -cheleweshe Negative -cheleweshi Imperative singular chelewesha
Infinitives
Positive kuchelewesha Negative kutochelewesha
Imperatives
Singular chelewesha Plural chelewesheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchelewesha Positive past positive subject concord + -lichelewesha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchelewesha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachelewesha) Singular Plural 1st person ninachelewesha/nachelewesha tunachelewesha 2nd person unachelewesha mnachelewesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachelewesha wanachelewesha other classes positive subject concord + -nachelewesha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -cheleweshi) Singular Plural 1st person sicheleweshi hatucheleweshi 2nd person hucheleweshi hamcheleweshi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hacheleweshi hawacheleweshi other classes negative subject concord + -cheleweshi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachelewesha Negative future negative subject concord + -tachelewesha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -cheleweshe) Singular Plural 1st person nicheleweshe tucheleweshe 2nd person ucheleweshe mcheleweshe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) acheleweshe wacheleweshe other classes positive subject concord + -cheleweshe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sicheleweshe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechelewesha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechelewesha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichelewesha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichelewesha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achelewesha) Singular Plural 1st person nachelewesha twachelewesha 2nd person wachelewesha mwachelewesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achelewesha wachelewesha m-mi(III/IV) wachelewesha yachelewesha ji-ma(V/VI) lachelewesha yachelewesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachelewesha vyachelewesha n(IX/X) yachelewesha zachelewesha u(XI) wachelewesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachelewesha pa(XVI) pachelewesha mu(XVIII) mwachelewesha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechelewesha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachelewesha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachelewesha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichelewesha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochelewesha Consecutive kachelewesha / positive subject concord + -kachelewesha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kacheleweshe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichelewesha -tuchelewesha 2nd person -kuchelewesha -wachelewesha/-kuchelewesheni/-wachelewesheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchelewesha -wachelewesha m-mi(III/IV) -uchelewesha -ichelewesha ji-ma(V/VI) -lichelewesha -yachelewesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichelewesha -vichelewesha n(IX/X) -ichelewesha -zichelewesha u(XI) -uchelewesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchelewesha pa(XVI) -pachelewesha mu(XVIII) -muchelewesha Reflexive -jichelewesha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chelewesha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -cheleweshaye -cheleweshao m-mi(III/IV) -cheleweshao -cheleweshayo ji-ma(V/VI) -cheleweshalo -cheleweshayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cheleweshacho -cheleweshavyo n(IX/X) -cheleweshayo -cheleweshazo u(XI) -cheleweshao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -cheleweshako pa(XVI) -cheleweshapo mu(XVIII) -cheleweshamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chelewesha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechelewesha -ochelewesha m-mi(III/IV) -ochelewesha -yochelewesha ji-ma(V/VI) -lochelewesha -yochelewesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochelewesha -vyochelewesha n(IX/X) -yochelewesha -zochelewesha u(XI) -ochelewesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochelewesha pa(XVI) -pochelewesha mu(XVIII) -mochelewesha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.