chomea

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /tʃɔˈmɛ.ɑ/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-chomea (infinitive kuchomea)

  1. Applicative form of -choma

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chomea
Positive present -nachomea
Subjunctive -chomee
Negative -chomei
Imperative singular chomea
Infinitives
Positive kuchomea
Negative kutochomea
Imperatives
Singular chomea
Plural chomeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchomea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichomea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchomea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachomea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachomea/nachomea tunachomea
2nd person unachomea mnachomea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachomea wanachomea
other classes positive subject concord + -nachomea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chomei)
Singular Plural
1st person sichomei hatuchomei
2nd person huchomei hamchomei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachomei hawachomei
other classes negative subject concord + -chomei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachomea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachomea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chomee)
Singular Plural
1st person nichomee tuchomee
2nd person uchomee mchomee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achomee wachomee
other classes positive subject concord + -chomee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichomee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechomea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechomea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichomea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichomea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achomea)
Singular Plural
1st person nachomea twachomea
2nd person wachomea mwachomea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achomea wachomea
m-mi(III/IV) wachomea yachomea
ji-ma(V/VI) lachomea yachomea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachomea vyachomea
n(IX/X) yachomea zachomea
u(XI) wachomea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachomea
pa(XVI) pachomea
mu(XVIII) mwachomea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechomea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachomea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachomea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichomea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochomea
Consecutive kachomea / positive subject concord + -kachomea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachomee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichomea -tuchomea
2nd person -kuchomea -wachomea/-kuchomeeni/-wachomeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchomea -wachomea
m-mi(III/IV) -uchomea -ichomea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichomea -yachomea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichomea -vichomea
n(IX/X) -ichomea -zichomea
u(XI) -uchomea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchomea
pa(XVI) -pachomea
mu(XVIII) -muchomea
Reflexive -jichomea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chomea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chomeaye -chomeao
m-mi(III/IV) -chomeao -chomeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chomealo -chomeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomeacho -chomeavyo
n(IX/X) -chomeayo -chomeazo
u(XI) -chomeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chomeako
pa(XVI) -chomeapo
mu(XVIII) -chomeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chomea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechomea -ochomea
m-mi(III/IV) -ochomea -yochomea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochomea -yochomea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochomea -vyochomea
n(IX/X) -yochomea -zochomea
u(XI) -ochomea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochomea
pa(XVI) -pochomea
mu(XVIII) -mochomea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms