<page_title> Chichewa tenses </page_title> <section_title> A table of tenses </section_title> <table> <cell> Present Continuous <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> ku <col_header> Tense-marker </col_header> </cell> <cell> ndi-ku-thándiza <col_header> Chichewa </col_header> </cell> <cell> I am helping <col_header> Meaning </col_header> </cell> <cell> Tone on syllable after -ku- <col_header> Tones </col_header> </cell> </table>
The Present Continuous tense uses the tense-marker -ku-, with the tone on the syllable after -ku-: ndi-ku-thándiza "I am helping".