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From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
-chuna (infinitive kuchuna)
- to skin, flay; scrape off
Conjugation of -chuna
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Positive present
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-nachuna
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Subjunctive
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-chune
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Negative
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-chuni
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Imperative singular
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chuna
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huchuna
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lichuna
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuchuna
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachuna)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninachuna/nachuna
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tunachuna
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2nd person
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unachuna
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mnachuna
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anachuna
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wanachuna
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nachuna
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chuni)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sichuni
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hatuchuni
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2nd person
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huchuni
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hamchuni
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hachuni
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hawachuni
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -chuni
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tachuna
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tachuna
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chune)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nichune
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tuchune
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2nd person
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uchune
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mchune
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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achune
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wachune
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -chune
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sichune
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngechuna
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singechuna
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalichuna
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalichuna
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mechuna
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshachuna
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jachuna
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kichuna
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipochuna
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Consecutive
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kachuna / positive subject concord + -kachuna
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kachune
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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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