chinja

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-chinja (infinitive kuchinja)

  1. to slaughter

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chinja
Positive present -nachinja
Subjunctive -chinje
Negative -chinji
Imperative singular chinja
Infinitives
Positive kuchinja
Negative kutochinja
Imperatives
Singular chinja
Plural chinjeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchinja
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichinja
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchinja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachinja)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachinja/nachinja tunachinja
2nd person unachinja mnachinja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachinja wanachinja
other classes positive subject concord + -nachinja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chinji)
Singular Plural
1st person sichinji hatuchinji
2nd person huchinji hamchinji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachinji hawachinji
other classes negative subject concord + -chinji
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachinja
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachinja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chinje)
Singular Plural
1st person nichinje tuchinje
2nd person uchinje mchinje
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achinje wachinje
other classes positive subject concord + -chinje
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichinje
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechinja
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechinja
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichinja
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichinja
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achinja)
Singular Plural
1st person nachinja twachinja
2nd person wachinja mwachinja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achinja wachinja
m-mi(III/IV) wachinja yachinja
ji-ma(V/VI) lachinja yachinja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachinja vyachinja
n(IX/X) yachinja zachinja
u(XI) wachinja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachinja
pa(XVI) pachinja
mu(XVIII) mwachinja
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechinja
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachinja
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachinja
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichinja
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochinja
Consecutive kachinja / positive subject concord + -kachinja
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachinje
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichinja -tuchinja
2nd person -kuchinja -wachinja/-kuchinjeni/-wachinjeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchinja -wachinja
m-mi(III/IV) -uchinja -ichinja
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichinja -yachinja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichinja -vichinja
n(IX/X) -ichinja -zichinja
u(XI) -uchinja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchinja
pa(XVI) -pachinja
mu(XVIII) -muchinja
Reflexive -jichinja
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chinja- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chinjaye -chinjao
m-mi(III/IV) -chinjao -chinjayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chinjalo -chinjayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chinjacho -chinjavyo
n(IX/X) -chinjayo -chinjazo
u(XI) -chinjao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chinjako
pa(XVI) -chinjapo
mu(XVIII) -chinjamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chinja)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechinja -ochinja
m-mi(III/IV) -ochinja -yochinja
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochinja -yochinja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochinja -vyochinja
n(IX/X) -yochinja -zochinja
u(XI) -ochinja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochinja
pa(XVI) -pochinja
mu(XVIII) -mochinja
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.