chaguliwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chaguliwa (infinitive kuchaguliwa)

1. Passive form of -chagua: to be chosen

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chaguliwa
Positive present -nachaguliwa Subjunctive -chaguliwe Negative -chaguliwi Imperative singular chaguliwa
Infinitives
Positive kuchaguliwa Negative kutochaguliwa
Imperatives
Singular chaguliwa Plural chaguliweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchaguliwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichaguliwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchaguliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachaguliwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachaguliwa/nachaguliwa tunachaguliwa 2nd person unachaguliwa mnachaguliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachaguliwa wanachaguliwa other classes positive subject concord + -nachaguliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chaguliwi) Singular Plural 1st person sichaguliwi hatuchaguliwi 2nd person huchaguliwi hamchaguliwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachaguliwi hawachaguliwi other classes negative subject concord + -chaguliwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachaguliwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachaguliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chaguliwe) Singular Plural 1st person nichaguliwe tuchaguliwe 2nd person uchaguliwe mchaguliwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achaguliwe wachaguliwe other classes positive subject concord + -chaguliwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichaguliwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechaguliwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechaguliwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichaguliwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichaguliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achaguliwa) Singular Plural 1st person nachaguliwa twachaguliwa 2nd person wachaguliwa mwachaguliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achaguliwa wachaguliwa m-mi(III/IV) wachaguliwa yachaguliwa ji-ma(V/VI) lachaguliwa yachaguliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachaguliwa vyachaguliwa n(IX/X) yachaguliwa zachaguliwa u(XI) wachaguliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachaguliwa pa(XVI) pachaguliwa mu(XVIII) mwachaguliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechaguliwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachaguliwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachaguliwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichaguliwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochaguliwa Consecutive kachaguliwa / positive subject concord + -kachaguliwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachaguliwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichaguliwa -tuchaguliwa 2nd person -kuchaguliwa -wachaguliwa/-kuchaguliweni/-wachaguliweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchaguliwa -wachaguliwa m-mi(III/IV) -uchaguliwa -ichaguliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichaguliwa -yachaguliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichaguliwa -vichaguliwa n(IX/X) -ichaguliwa -zichaguliwa u(XI) -uchaguliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchaguliwa pa(XVI) -pachaguliwa mu(XVIII) -muchaguliwa Reflexive -jichaguliwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chaguliwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chaguliwaye -chaguliwao m-mi(III/IV) -chaguliwao -chaguliwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chaguliwalo -chaguliwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chaguliwacho -chaguliwavyo n(IX/X) -chaguliwayo -chaguliwazo u(XI) -chaguliwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chaguliwako pa(XVI) -chaguliwapo mu(XVIII) -chaguliwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chaguliwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechaguliwa -ochaguliwa m-mi(III/IV) -ochaguliwa -yochaguliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochaguliwa -yochaguliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochaguliwa -vyochaguliwa n(IX/X) -yochaguliwa -zochaguliwa u(XI) -ochaguliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochaguliwa pa(XVI) -pochaguliwa mu(XVIII) -mochaguliwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.