chemka

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chemka (infinitive kuchemka)

  1. to boil
  2. (by extension) to be furious

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chemka
Positive present -nachemka
Subjunctive -chemke
Negative -chemki
Imperative singular chemka
Infinitives
Positive kuchemka
Negative kutochemka
Imperatives
Singular chemka
Plural chemkeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchemka
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichemka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchemka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachemka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachemka/nachemka tunachemka
2nd person unachemka mnachemka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachemka wanachemka
other classes positive subject concord + -nachemka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chemki)
Singular Plural
1st person sichemki hatuchemki
2nd person huchemki hamchemki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachemki hawachemki
other classes negative subject concord + -chemki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachemka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachemka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chemke)
Singular Plural
1st person nichemke tuchemke
2nd person uchemke mchemke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achemke wachemke
other classes positive subject concord + -chemke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichemke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechemka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechemka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichemka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichemka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achemka)
Singular Plural
1st person nachemka twachemka
2nd person wachemka mwachemka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achemka wachemka
m-mi(III/IV) wachemka yachemka
ji-ma(V/VI) lachemka yachemka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachemka vyachemka
n(IX/X) yachemka zachemka
u(XI) wachemka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachemka
pa(XVI) pachemka
mu(XVIII) mwachemka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechemka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachemka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachemka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichemka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochemka
Consecutive kachemka / positive subject concord + -kachemka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachemke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichemka -tuchemka
2nd person -kuchemka -wachemka/-kuchemkeni/-wachemkeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchemka -wachemka
m-mi(III/IV) -uchemka -ichemka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichemka -yachemka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichemka -vichemka
n(IX/X) -ichemka -zichemka
u(XI) -uchemka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchemka
pa(XVI) -pachemka
mu(XVIII) -muchemka
Reflexive -jichemka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chemka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chemkaye -chemkao
m-mi(III/IV) -chemkao -chemkayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chemkalo -chemkayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chemkacho -chemkavyo
n(IX/X) -chemkayo -chemkazo
u(XI) -chemkao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chemkako
pa(XVI) -chemkapo
mu(XVIII) -chemkamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chemka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechemka -ochemka
m-mi(III/IV) -ochemka -yochemka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochemka -yochemka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochemka -vyochemka
n(IX/X) -yochemka -zochemka
u(XI) -ochemka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochemka
pa(XVI) -pochemka
mu(XVIII) -mochemka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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