chokoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chokoa (infinitive kuchokoa)

  1. to poke, to pick

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chokoa
Positive present -nachokoa
Subjunctive -chokoe
Negative -chokoi
Imperative singular chokoa
Infinitives
Positive kuchokoa
Negative kutochokoa
Imperatives
Singular chokoa
Plural chokoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchokoa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichokoa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchokoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachokoa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachokoa/nachokoa tunachokoa
2nd person unachokoa mnachokoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachokoa wanachokoa
other classes positive subject concord + -nachokoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chokoi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichokoi hatuchokoi
2nd person huchokoi hamchokoi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachokoi hawachokoi
other classes negative subject concord + -chokoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachokoa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachokoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chokoe)
Singular Plural
1st person nichokoe tuchokoe
2nd person uchokoe mchokoe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achokoe wachokoe
other classes positive subject concord + -chokoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichokoe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechokoa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechokoa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichokoa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichokoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achokoa)
Singular Plural
1st person nachokoa twachokoa
2nd person wachokoa mwachokoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achokoa wachokoa
m-mi(III/IV) wachokoa yachokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) lachokoa yachokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachokoa vyachokoa
n(IX/X) yachokoa zachokoa
u(XI) wachokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachokoa
pa(XVI) pachokoa
mu(XVIII) mwachokoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechokoa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachokoa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachokoa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichokoa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochokoa
Consecutive kachokoa / positive subject concord + -kachokoa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachokoe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichokoa -tuchokoa
2nd person -kuchokoa -wachokoa/-kuchokoeni/-wachokoeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchokoa -wachokoa
m-mi(III/IV) -uchokoa -ichokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichokoa -yachokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichokoa -vichokoa
n(IX/X) -ichokoa -zichokoa
u(XI) -uchokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchokoa
pa(XVI) -pachokoa
mu(XVIII) -muchokoa
Reflexive -jichokoa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chokoa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chokoaye -chokoao
m-mi(III/IV) -chokoao -chokoayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chokoalo -chokoayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokoacho -chokoavyo
n(IX/X) -chokoayo -chokoazo
u(XI) -chokoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chokoako
pa(XVI) -chokoapo
mu(XVIII) -chokoamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chokoa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechokoa -ochokoa
m-mi(III/IV) -ochokoa -yochokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochokoa -yochokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochokoa -vyochokoa
n(IX/X) -yochokoa -zochokoa
u(XI) -ochokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochokoa
pa(XVI) -pochokoa
mu(XVIII) -mochokoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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