Conjugation of -chakata |
Positive present |
-nachakata |
Subjunctive |
-chakate |
Negative |
-chakati |
Imperative singular |
chakata |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kuchakata |
Negative |
kutochakata |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
chakata |
Plural |
chakateni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
huchakata |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lichakata |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuchakata |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachakata) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninachakata/nachakata |
tunachakata |
2nd person |
unachakata |
mnachakata |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anachakata |
wanachakata |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nachakata |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chakati) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sichakati |
hatuchakati |
2nd person |
huchakati |
hamchakati |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hachakati |
hawachakati |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -chakati |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tachakata |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tachakata |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chakate) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nichakate |
tuchakate |
2nd person |
uchakate |
mchakate |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
achakate |
wachakate |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -chakate |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sichakate |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngechakata |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singechakata |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalichakata |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalichakata |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mechakata |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshachakata |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jachakata |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kichakata |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipochakata |
Consecutive |
kachakata / positive subject concord + -kachakata |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kachakate |
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |