| Conjugation of-chea |
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| Positive present | -nachea |
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| Subjunctive | -chee |
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| Negative | -chei |
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| Imperative singular | chea |
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| Tensed forms |
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| Habitual | huchea |
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| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lichea |
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| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuchea |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachea) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | ninachea/nachea | tunachea |
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| 2nd person | unachea | mnachea |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anachea | wanachea |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -nachea |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -chei) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | sichei | hatuchei |
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| 2nd person | huchei | hamchei |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | hachei | hawachei |
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| other classes | negative subject concord + -chei |
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| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tachea |
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| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tachea |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chee) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | nichee | tuchee |
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| 2nd person | uchee | mchee |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | achee | wachee |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -chee |
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| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sichee |
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| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngechea |
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| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singechea |
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| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalichea |
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| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalichea |
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| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mechea |
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| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshachea |
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| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jachea |
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| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kichea |
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| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipochea |
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| Consecutive | kachea /positive subject concord + -kachea |
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| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kachee |
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |