-chimba (infinitive kuchimba)
- to dig, to excavate
- to spy on someone, to cause trouble
Conjugation of -chimba
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Positive present
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-nachimba
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Subjunctive
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-chimbe
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Negative
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-chimbi
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Imperative singular
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chimba
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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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huchimba
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lichimba
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuchimba
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachimba)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninachimba/nachimba
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tunachimba
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2nd person
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unachimba
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mnachimba
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anachimba
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wanachimba
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nachimba
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chimbi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sichimbi
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hatuchimbi
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2nd person
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huchimbi
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hamchimbi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hachimbi
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hawachimbi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -chimbi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tachimba
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tachimba
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chimbe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nichimbe
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tuchimbe
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2nd person
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uchimbe
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mchimbe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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achimbe
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wachimbe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -chimbe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sichimbe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngechimba
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singechimba
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalichimba
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalichimba
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mechimba
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshachimba
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jachimba
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kichimba
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipochimba
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Consecutive
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kachimba / positive subject concord + -kachimba
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kachimbe
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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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