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gawana

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Swahili

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Verb

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-gawana (infinitive kugawana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -gawa

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -gawana
Positive present -nagawana
Subjunctive -gawane
Negative -gawani
Imperative singular gawana
Infinitives
Positive kugawana
Negative kutogawana
Imperatives
Singular gawana
Plural gawaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawana
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagawana/nagawana tunagawana
2nd person unagawana mnagawana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawana wanagawana
other classes positive subject concord + -nagawana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawani)
Singular Plural
1st person sigawani hatugawani
2nd person hugawani hamgawani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawani hawagawani
other classes negative subject concord + -gawani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawane)
Singular Plural
1st person nigawane tugawane
2nd person ugawane mgawane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawane wagawane
other classes positive subject concord + -gawane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawana)
Singular Plural
1st person nagawana twagawana
2nd person wagawana mwagawana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawana wagawana
m-mi(III/IV) wagawana yagawana
ji-ma(V/VI) lagawana yagawana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawana vyagawana
n(IX/X) yagawana zagawana
u(XI) wagawana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagawana
pa(XVI) pagawana
mu(XVIII) mwagawana
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawana
Consecutive kagawana / positive subject concord + -kagawana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawane
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigawana -tugawana
2nd person -kugawana -wagawana/-kugawaneni/-wagawaneni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawana -wagawana
m-mi(III/IV) -ugawana -igawana
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawana -yagawana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawana -vigawana
n(IX/X) -igawana -zigawana
u(XI) -ugawana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugawana
pa(XVI) -pagawana
mu(XVIII) -mugawana
Reflexive -jigawana
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gawanaye -gawanao
m-mi(III/IV) -gawanao -gawanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gawanalo -gawanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawanacho -gawanavyo
n(IX/X) -gawanayo -gawanazo
u(XI) -gawanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gawanako
pa(XVI) -gawanapo
mu(XVIII) -gawanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegawana -ogawana
m-mi(III/IV) -ogawana -yogawana
ji-ma(V/VI) -logawana -yogawana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawana -vyogawana
n(IX/X) -yogawana -zogawana
u(XI) -ogawana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogawana
pa(XVI) -pogawana
mu(XVIII) -mogawana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.