chorwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chorwa (infinitive kuchorwa)

1. Passive form of -chora: to be drawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chorwa
Positive present -nachorwa Subjunctive -chorwe Negative -chorwi Imperative singular chorwa
Infinitives
Positive kuchorwa Negative kutochorwa
Imperatives
Singular chorwa Plural chorweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchorwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichorwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchorwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachorwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachorwa/nachorwa tunachorwa 2nd person unachorwa mnachorwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachorwa wanachorwa other classes positive subject concord + -nachorwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chorwi) Singular Plural 1st person sichorwi hatuchorwi 2nd person huchorwi hamchorwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachorwi hawachorwi other classes negative subject concord + -chorwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachorwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachorwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chorwe) Singular Plural 1st person nichorwe tuchorwe 2nd person uchorwe mchorwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achorwe wachorwe other classes positive subject concord + -chorwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichorwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechorwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechorwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichorwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichorwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achorwa) Singular Plural 1st person nachorwa twachorwa 2nd person wachorwa mwachorwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achorwa wachorwa m-mi(III/IV) wachorwa yachorwa ji-ma(V/VI) lachorwa yachorwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachorwa vyachorwa n(IX/X) yachorwa zachorwa u(XI) wachorwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachorwa pa(XVI) pachorwa mu(XVIII) mwachorwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechorwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachorwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachorwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichorwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochorwa Consecutive kachorwa / positive subject concord + -kachorwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachorwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichorwa -tuchorwa 2nd person -kuchorwa -wachorwa/-kuchorweni/-wachorweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchorwa -wachorwa m-mi(III/IV) -uchorwa -ichorwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichorwa -yachorwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichorwa -vichorwa n(IX/X) -ichorwa -zichorwa u(XI) -uchorwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchorwa pa(XVI) -pachorwa mu(XVIII) -muchorwa Reflexive -jichorwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chorwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chorwaye -chorwao m-mi(III/IV) -chorwao -chorwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chorwalo -chorwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorwacho -chorwavyo n(IX/X) -chorwayo -chorwazo u(XI) -chorwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chorwako pa(XVI) -chorwapo mu(XVIII) -chorwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chorwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechorwa -ochorwa m-mi(III/IV) -ochorwa -yochorwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochorwa -yochorwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochorwa -vyochorwa n(IX/X) -yochorwa -zochorwa u(XI) -ochorwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochorwa pa(XVI) -pochorwa mu(XVIII) -mochorwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.