chelewesha

Swahili

-chelewesha (infinitive kuchelewesha)

Conjugation of -chelewesha

Infinitives

Positive	kuchelewesha
Negative	kutochelewesha

Imperatives

Singular	chelewesha
Plural	chelewesheni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huchelewesha
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lichelewesha
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuchelewesha

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachelewesha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninachelewesha/nachelewesha	tunachelewesha
2nd person		unachelewesha	mnachelewesha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anachelewesha	wanachelewesha
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nachelewesha

Negative present (negative subject concord + -cheleweshi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sicheleweshi	hatucheleweshi
2nd person		hucheleweshi	hamcheleweshi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hacheleweshi	hawacheleweshi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -cheleweshi

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tachelewesha
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tachelewesha

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -cheleweshe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nicheleweshe	tucheleweshe
2nd person		ucheleweshe	mcheleweshe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	acheleweshe	wacheleweshe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -cheleweshe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sicheleweshe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngechelewesha
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singechelewesha
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalichelewesha
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalichelewesha

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achelewesha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nachelewesha	twachelewesha
2nd person		wachelewesha	mwachelewesha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	achelewesha	wachelewesha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wachelewesha	yachelewesha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lachelewesha	yachelewesha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chachelewesha	vyachelewesha
	n_(IX/X)	yachelewesha	zachelewesha
	u_(XI)	wachelewesha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwachelewesha
	pa_(XVI)	pachelewesha
	mu_(XVIII)	mwachelewesha

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mechelewesha
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshachelewesha
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jachelewesha
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kichelewesha
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipochelewesha
Consecutive	kachelewesha / positive subject concord + -kachelewesha
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kacheleweshe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nichelewesha	-tuchelewesha
2nd person		-kuchelewesha	-wachelewesha/-kuchelewesheni/-wachelewesheni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mchelewesha	-wachelewesha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uchelewesha	-ichelewesha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lichelewesha	-yachelewesha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kichelewesha	-vichelewesha
	n_(IX/X)	-ichelewesha	-zichelewesha
	u_(XI)	-uchelewesha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuchelewesha
	pa_(XVI)	-pachelewesha
	mu_(XVIII)	-muchelewesha
Reflexive		-jichelewesha

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chelewesha- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-cheleweshaye	-cheleweshao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-cheleweshao	-cheleweshayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-cheleweshalo	-cheleweshayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-cheleweshacho	-cheleweshavyo
n_(IX/X)	-cheleweshayo	-cheleweshazo
u_(XI)	-cheleweshao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-cheleweshako
pa_(XVI)	-cheleweshapo
mu_(XVIII)	-cheleweshamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chelewesha)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yechelewesha	-ochelewesha
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ochelewesha	-yochelewesha
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lochelewesha	-yochelewesha
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chochelewesha	-vyochelewesha
n_(IX/X)	-yochelewesha	-zochelewesha
u_(XI)	-ochelewesha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kochelewesha
pa_(XVI)	-pochelewesha
mu_(XVIII)	-mochelewesha

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.