Luchazi

Introduction

Luchazi is a Bantu language of Angola and Zambia. Missionary Emil Pearson created Ngangela as a standard language by mixing Mbunda, Luchazi, Luvale and Luimbi languages, to allow a single translation of the Bible for the four communities. Ethnically distinct varieties, many of which are subsumed under the generic term Ngangela, are all "fully intelligible". These are: Luchazi, Nyemba, Mbwela of Angola, Nkangala, Mbunda, Luimbi (Lwimbi), Yauma, Songo, Chimbandi and Ngondzela. Therefore, it is highly erroneous to suggest that Ngangela is Luchazi.

The Lucazi Verb

• 4 voices: active, passive, middle, and neuter passive
• 8+ moods: infinitive, participial, imperative, conjunctive, negative, frequentative, conditional, indicative,

Tense	Pronoun	Form
Simple present	nji, u, a, tu, mu, va	ya
Infinitive present	nji, ...	ku ya
Premier present	nji, ...	ci ya
Premier Infinitive present	nji, ...	ci ku ya
Incomplete present 1	nji, ...	ci li ku ya
Incomplete present 2	nji, ...	ci li mu ku ya
Incomplete present 3	nji, ...	ci li na ku ya
Present progressive 1	nji, ...	li ku ya
Present progressive 2	nji, ...	li mu ku ya
Present progressive 3	nji, ...	li na ku ya
Present Continuative 1	nja, ua, ua, tua, mua, va	na ku ya
Present Continuative 2	nji, ...	kuana ku ya
Definite Present Continuative	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	na na ku ya
Present perfect	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	na i (monosyllabic ya becomes i)
Immediate Past	nja, ...	i
Indefinite medium Past Perfect	nja, ...	ya
Definite Past Perfect 1	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	na ci ya
Definite Past Perfect 2	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	ci na ya
Imperfect Past	nja, ...	ci ya
Continuing Past	nja, ...	ci ya
Indefinite Past	nja, ...	ile
Definite Past Perfect	nji, ...	na ile
Indefinite Past Progressive	nja, ...	ci ile
Definite Past Progressive 1	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	ci na ile
Definite Past Progressive 2	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	na ci ile
Emphatic Past	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	na ku ile
Perfect Progressive	nji, u, -, tu, mu, va	na ku ya
Past Imperfect Continuative	nja, ...	kuana ku ya