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One of the challenges in glossing a Bantu language is the representation of the verb and its affixes. Bantu languages are agglutinating, and a verb in Chichewa can be preceded by up to 4 prefixes, and it can be followed by up to 3 suffixes. One way of representing verb affixation is through the use of verb schemata where the verb root is accompanied by slots (SLT) each of which hosts one or several affixes of a specific grammatical type.

**Verb-slot schema for Chichewa**
(NEG)	SUBJ.AGR	TA1	(OM)	ROOT	(DS)	(TA2)	FV
SLT1	SLT2	SLT3	SLT4		SLT5	SLT6	SLT7

Only the subject agreement marker (subject class marker) in case of a realised subject, or a subject pro-form, a tense & aspect marker preceding the root and a final vowel are obligatory, all other verb extensions are optional.

**Verbal affixation in Chichewa**
Slot	Suffix	Example	Meaning
1	Negation
2	Subject agreement or Subject pro-form
3	Tense & Aspect
4	Object marker
5	Derivation
6	Tense & Aspect
7	Final Vowel (Mood)

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-One of the challenges when glossing a Bantu language is the annotation of the verb's affixes since aggultination is one of the characteristics
+One of the challenges in glossing a Bantu language is the representation of the verb and its affixes. Bantu languages are agglutinating, and a verb in Chichewa can be preceded by up to 4 prefixes, and it can be followed by up to 3 suffixes. One way of representing verb affixation is through the use of verb schemata where the verb root is accompanied by slots (SLT) each of which hosts one or several affixes of a specific grammatical type.
-of Bantu languages so that a verb in Chichewa can be preceded by up tp 4 prefixes and followed by up to 3 suffixes. One way of representing verb affixation is in terms of a verb schema where the verb root is accompanied by slots (SLT) each of which hosts one or several affixes of a specific grammatical type
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+{| style="width:55%; height:50px" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2"
 |- style=background:#FF8C00; color:#006400
-| (NEG)||SUBJ.AGR|| TA1||(OM)||style="color:red" |ROOT||(DS)||(TA2)||FV
+|+ style="color:brown"|'''Verb-slot schema for Chichewa'''
+| (NEG)||SUBJ.AGR|| TA1||(OM)||style="color:yellow" |ROOT||(DS)||(TA2)||FV
 |-style=background:#FF8C00; color:#00640
 | SLT1||SLT2||SLT3||SLT4||||SLT5||SLT6||SLT7
 |}
-'''MORE SOON'''   :=)
+Only the subject agreement marker (subject class marker) in case of a realised subject, or a subject pro-form, a tense & aspect marker preceding the root
+and a final vowel are obligatory, all other verb extensions are optional.
+{|| border="1" cellpadding="2"
+|-style="color:brown"
+|+ align="bottom" style="caption-side: bottom; color:brown" |'''Verbal affixation in Chichewa'''
+!width="50"|Slot
+!width="225"|Suffix
+!width="225"|Example
+!width="225"|Meaning
+|- style="background:white;color:brown"
+|1||Negation||||
+|--style="color:brown"
+|2||Subject agreement or Subject pro-form||||
+|-style="color:brown"
+|3||Tense & Aspect || ||
+|-style="color:brown"
+|4||Object marker|| ||
+|-style="color:brown"
+|5||Derivation|| ||
+|-style="color:brown"
+|6||Tense & Aspect || ||
+|-style="color:brown"
+|7||Final Vowel (Mood) || ||
+|}