chanja

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chanja (infinitive kuchanja)

1. to make a cut or incision; chop (e.g. firewood)
2. (medicine) to vaccinate, inject

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chanja
Positive present -nachanja Subjunctive -chanje Negative -chanji Imperative singular chanja
Infinitives
Positive kuchanja Negative kutochanja
Imperatives
Singular chanja Plural chanjeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchanja Positive past positive subject concord + -lichanja Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchanja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachanja) Singular Plural 1st person ninachanja/nachanja tunachanja 2nd person unachanja mnachanja 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachanja wanachanja other classes positive subject concord + -nachanja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chanji) Singular Plural 1st person sichanji hatuchanji 2nd person huchanji hamchanji 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachanji hawachanji other classes negative subject concord + -chanji
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachanja Negative future negative subject concord + -tachanja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chanje) Singular Plural 1st person nichanje tuchanje 2nd person uchanje mchanje 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanje wachanje other classes positive subject concord + -chanje
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichanje Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechanja Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechanja Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichanja Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichanja
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achanja) Singular Plural 1st person nachanja twachanja 2nd person wachanja mwachanja 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanja wachanja m-mi(III/IV) wachanja yachanja ji-ma(V/VI) lachanja yachanja ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachanja vyachanja n(IX/X) yachanja zachanja u(XI) wachanja see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachanja pa(XVI) pachanja mu(XVIII) mwachanja
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechanja "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachanja "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachanja "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichanja "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochanja Consecutive kachanja / positive subject concord + -kachanja Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachanje
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichanja -tuchanja 2nd person -kuchanja -wachanja/-kuchanjeni/-wachanjeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchanja -wachanja m-mi(III/IV) -uchanja -ichanja ji-ma(V/VI) -lichanja -yachanja ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichanja -vichanja n(IX/X) -ichanja -zichanja u(XI) -uchanja see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchanja pa(XVI) -pachanja mu(XVIII) -muchanja Reflexive -jichanja
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chanja- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chanjaye -chanjao m-mi(III/IV) -chanjao -chanjayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chanjalo -chanjayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chanjacho -chanjavyo n(IX/X) -chanjayo -chanjazo u(XI) -chanjao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chanjako pa(XVI) -chanjapo mu(XVIII) -chanjamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chanja) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechanja -ochanja m-mi(III/IV) -ochanja -yochanja ji-ma(V/VI) -lochanja -yochanja ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochanja -vyochanja n(IX/X) -yochanja -zochanja u(XI) -ochanja see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochanja pa(XVI) -pochanja mu(XVIII) -mochanja
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -chanjwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • chanjo (“incision, vaccine”)