chemsha

Swahili

-chemka (“to boil”) +‎ -ya (causative)

-chemsha (infinitive kuchemsha)

Conjugation of -chemsha

Infinitives

Positive	kuchemsha
Negative	kutochemsha

Imperatives

Singular	chemsha
Plural	chemsheni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huchemsha
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lichemsha
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuchemsha

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachemsha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninachemsha/nachemsha	tunachemsha
2nd person		unachemsha	mnachemsha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anachemsha	wanachemsha
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nachemsha

Negative present (negative subject concord + -chemshi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sichemshi	hatuchemshi
2nd person		huchemshi	hamchemshi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hachemshi	hawachemshi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -chemshi

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tachemsha
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tachemsha

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chemshe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nichemshe	tuchemshe
2nd person		uchemshe	mchemshe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	achemshe	wachemshe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -chemshe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sichemshe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngechemsha
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singechemsha
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalichemsha
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalichemsha

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achemsha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nachemsha	twachemsha
2nd person		wachemsha	mwachemsha
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	achemsha	wachemsha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wachemsha	yachemsha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lachemsha	yachemsha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chachemsha	vyachemsha
	n_(IX/X)	yachemsha	zachemsha
	u_(XI)	wachemsha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwachemsha
	pa_(XVI)	pachemsha
	mu_(XVIII)	mwachemsha

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mechemsha
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshachemsha
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jachemsha
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kichemsha
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipochemsha
Consecutive	kachemsha / positive subject concord + -kachemsha
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kachemshe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nichemsha	-tuchemsha
2nd person		-kuchemsha	-wachemsha/-kuchemsheni/-wachemsheni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mchemsha	-wachemsha
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uchemsha	-ichemsha
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lichemsha	-yachemsha
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kichemsha	-vichemsha
	n_(IX/X)	-ichemsha	-zichemsha
	u_(XI)	-uchemsha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuchemsha
	pa_(XVI)	-pachemsha
	mu_(XVIII)	-muchemsha
Reflexive		-jichemsha

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chemsha- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-chemshaye	-chemshao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-chemshao	-chemshayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-chemshalo	-chemshayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chemshacho	-chemshavyo
n_(IX/X)	-chemshayo	-chemshazo
u_(XI)	-chemshao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-chemshako
pa_(XVI)	-chemshapo
mu_(XVIII)	-chemshamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chemsha)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yechemsha	-ochemsha
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ochemsha	-yochemsha
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lochemsha	-yochemsha
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chochemsha	-vyochemsha
n_(IX/X)	-yochemsha	-zochemsha
u_(XI)	-ochemsha	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kochemsha
pa_(XVI)	-pochemsha
mu_(XVIII)	-mochemsha

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.