Borrowed from English change.[1][2]
chenji (n class, plural chenji)
- change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)
-chenji (infinitive kuchenji)
- to change money
Conjugation of -chenji
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Positive present
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-nachenji
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Subjunctive
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-chenji
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Negative
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-chenji
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Imperative singular
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chenji
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huchenji
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lichenji
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuchenji
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachenji)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninachenji/nachenji
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tunachenji
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2nd person
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unachenji
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mnachenji
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anachenji
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wanachenji
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nachenji
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chenji)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sichenji
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hatuchenji
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2nd person
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huchenji
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hamchenji
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hachenji
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hawachenji
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -chenji
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tachenji
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tachenji
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chenji)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nichenji
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tuchenji
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2nd person
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uchenji
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mchenji
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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achenji
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wachenji
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -chenji
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sichenji
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngechenji
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singechenji
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalichenji
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalichenji
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mechenji
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshachenji
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jachenji
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kichenji
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipochenji
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Consecutive
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kachenji / positive subject concord + -kachenji
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kachenji
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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.
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- ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language[1], volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10
- ^ Dzahene-Quarshie, Josephine (2010) “English in Contact with Swahili: Enrichment or Threat?”, in Létünk[2], volume 4, page 63 of 55–74