chopoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chopoa (infinitive kuchopoa)

1. to snatch, to grab

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chopoa
Positive present -nachopoa Subjunctive -chopoe Negative -chopoi Imperative singular chopoa
Infinitives
Positive kuchopoa Negative kutochopoa
Imperatives
Singular chopoa Plural chopoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchopoa Positive past positive subject concord + -lichopoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchopoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachopoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninachopoa/nachopoa tunachopoa 2nd person unachopoa mnachopoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachopoa wanachopoa other classes positive subject concord + -nachopoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chopoi) Singular Plural 1st person sichopoi hatuchopoi 2nd person huchopoi hamchopoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachopoi hawachopoi other classes negative subject concord + -chopoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachopoa Negative future negative subject concord + -tachopoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chopoe) Singular Plural 1st person nichopoe tuchopoe 2nd person uchopoe mchopoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achopoe wachopoe other classes positive subject concord + -chopoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichopoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechopoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechopoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichopoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichopoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achopoa) Singular Plural 1st person nachopoa twachopoa 2nd person wachopoa mwachopoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achopoa wachopoa m-mi(III/IV) wachopoa yachopoa ji-ma(V/VI) lachopoa yachopoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachopoa vyachopoa n(IX/X) yachopoa zachopoa u(XI) wachopoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachopoa pa(XVI) pachopoa mu(XVIII) mwachopoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechopoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachopoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachopoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichopoa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochopoa Consecutive kachopoa / positive subject concord + -kachopoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachopoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichopoa -tuchopoa 2nd person -kuchopoa -wachopoa/-kuchopoeni/-wachopoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchopoa -wachopoa m-mi(III/IV) -uchopoa -ichopoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lichopoa -yachopoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichopoa -vichopoa n(IX/X) -ichopoa -zichopoa u(XI) -uchopoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchopoa pa(XVI) -pachopoa mu(XVIII) -muchopoa Reflexive -jichopoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chopoa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chopoaye -chopoao m-mi(III/IV) -chopoao -chopoayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chopoalo -chopoayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopoacho -chopoavyo n(IX/X) -chopoayo -chopoazo u(XI) -chopoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chopoako pa(XVI) -chopoapo mu(XVIII) -chopoamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chopoa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechopoa -ochopoa m-mi(III/IV) -ochopoa -yochopoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lochopoa -yochopoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochopoa -vyochopoa n(IX/X) -yochopoa -zochopoa u(XI) -ochopoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochopoa pa(XVI) -pochopoa mu(XVIII) -mochopoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mchopozi (“pickpocket”)