Conjugation of -chota |
Positive present |
-nachota |
Subjunctive |
-chote |
Negative |
-choti |
Imperative singular |
chota |
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Infinitives |
Positive |
kuchota |
Negative |
kutochota |
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Imperatives |
Singular |
chota |
Plural |
choteni |
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Tensed forms |
Habitual |
huchota |
Positive past |
positive subject concord + -lichota |
Negative past |
negative subject concord + -kuchota |
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachota) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
ninachota/nachota |
tunachota |
2nd person |
unachota |
mnachota |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
anachota |
wanachota |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -nachota |
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -choti) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
sichoti |
hatuchoti |
2nd person |
huchoti |
hamchoti |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
hachoti |
hawachoti |
other classes |
negative subject concord + -choti |
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Positive future |
positive subject concord + -tachota |
Negative future |
negative subject concord + -tachota |
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chote) |
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Singular |
Plural |
1st person |
nichote |
tuchote |
2nd person |
uchote |
mchote |
3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) |
achote |
wachote |
other classes |
positive subject concord + -chote |
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Negative subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -sichote |
Positive present conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngechota |
Negative present conditional |
positive subject concord + -singechota |
Positive past conditional |
positive subject concord + -ngalichota |
Negative past conditional |
positive subject concord + -singalichota |
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Perfect |
positive subject concord + -mechota |
"Already" |
positive subject concord + -meshachota |
"Not yet" |
negative subject concord + -jachota |
"If/When" |
positive subject concord + -kichota |
"If not" |
positive subject concord + -sipochota |
Consecutive |
kachota / positive subject concord + -kachota |
Consecutive subjunctive |
positive subject concord + -kachote |
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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. |