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- IPA(key): /ˈxu.ja/
- Rhymes: -uja
- Syllabification: chu‧ja
chuja
- genitive/accusative singular of chuj
-chuja (infinitive kuchuja)
- to filter
- to sieve
- to separate, isolate
- (by extension) to filter, censor
- kuchuja habari ― to censor news
Conjugation of -chuja
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Positive present
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-nachuja
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Subjunctive
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-chuje
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Negative
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-chuji
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Imperative singular
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chuja
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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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huchuja
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lichuja
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuchuja
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachuja)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninachuja/nachuja
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tunachuja
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2nd person
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unachuja
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mnachuja
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anachuja
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wanachuja
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nachuja
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chuji)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sichuji
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hatuchuji
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2nd person
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huchuji
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hamchuji
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hachuji
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hawachuji
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -chuji
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tachuja
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tachuja
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chuje)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nichuje
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tuchuje
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2nd person
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uchuje
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mchuje
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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achuje
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wachuje
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -chuje
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sichuje
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngechuja
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singechuja
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalichuja
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalichuja
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mechuja
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshachuja
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jachuja
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kichuja
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipochuja
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Consecutive
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kachuja / positive subject concord + -kachuja
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kachuje
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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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