chorwa

Swahili

-chorwa (infinitive kuchorwa)

Conjugation of -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
3rd person	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
3rd person	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
3rd person	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.