chumia

Swahili

Verb

-chumia (infinitive kuchumia)

1. Applicative form of -chuma

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chumia
Positive present -nachumia Subjunctive -chumie Negative -chumii Imperative singular chumia
Infinitives
Positive kuchumia Negative kutochumia
Imperatives
Singular chumia Plural chumieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchumia Positive past positive subject concord + -lichumia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchumia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachumia) Singular Plural 1st person ninachumia/nachumia tunachumia 2nd person unachumia mnachumia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachumia wanachumia other classes positive subject concord + -nachumia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chumii) Singular Plural 1st person sichumii hatuchumii 2nd person huchumii hamchumii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachumii hawachumii other classes negative subject concord + -chumii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachumia Negative future negative subject concord + -tachumia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chumie) Singular Plural 1st person nichumie tuchumie 2nd person uchumie mchumie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achumie wachumie other classes positive subject concord + -chumie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichumie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechumia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechumia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichumia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichumia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achumia) Singular Plural 1st person nachumia twachumia 2nd person wachumia mwachumia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achumia wachumia m-mi(III/IV) wachumia yachumia ji-ma(V/VI) lachumia yachumia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachumia vyachumia n(IX/X) yachumia zachumia u(XI) wachumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachumia pa(XVI) pachumia mu(XVIII) mwachumia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechumia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachumia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachumia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichumia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochumia Consecutive kachumia / positive subject concord + -kachumia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachumie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichumia -tuchumia 2nd person -kuchumia -wachumia/-kuchumieni/-wachumieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchumia -wachumia m-mi(III/IV) -uchumia -ichumia ji-ma(V/VI) -lichumia -yachumia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichumia -vichumia n(IX/X) -ichumia -zichumia u(XI) -uchumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchumia pa(XVI) -pachumia mu(XVIII) -muchumia Reflexive -jichumia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chumia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chumiaye -chumiao m-mi(III/IV) -chumiao -chumiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chumialo -chumiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chumiacho -chumiavyo n(IX/X) -chumiayo -chumiazo u(XI) -chumiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chumiako pa(XVI) -chumiapo mu(XVIII) -chumiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chumia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechumia -ochumia m-mi(III/IV) -ochumia -yochumia ji-ma(V/VI) -lochumia -yochumia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochumia -vyochumia n(IX/X) -yochumia -zochumia u(XI) -ochumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochumia pa(XVI) -pochumia mu(XVIII) -mochumia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.