gawanyika

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-gawanyika (infinitive kugawanyika)

1. Stative form of -gawanya

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gawanyika
Positive present -nagawanyika Subjunctive -gawanyike Negative -gawanyiki Imperative singular gawanyika
Infinitives
Positive kugawanyika Negative kutogawanyika
Imperatives
Singular gawanyika Plural gawanyikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawanyika Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawanyika Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawanyika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawanyika) Singular Plural 1st person ninagawanyika/nagawanyika tunagawanyika 2nd person unagawanyika mnagawanyika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawanyika wanagawanyika other classes positive subject concord + -nagawanyika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawanyiki) Singular Plural 1st person sigawanyiki hatugawanyiki 2nd person hugawanyiki hamgawanyiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawanyiki hawagawanyiki other classes negative subject concord + -gawanyiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawanyika Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawanyika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawanyike) Singular Plural 1st person nigawanyike tugawanyike 2nd person ugawanyike mgawanyike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawanyike wagawanyike other classes positive subject concord + -gawanyike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawanyike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawanyika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawanyika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawanyika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawanyika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawanyika) Singular Plural 1st person nagawanyika twagawanyika 2nd person wagawanyika mwagawanyika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawanyika wagawanyika m-mi(III/IV) wagawanyika yagawanyika ji-ma(V/VI) lagawanyika yagawanyika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawanyika vyagawanyika n(IX/X) yagawanyika zagawanyika u(XI) wagawanyika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagawanyika pa(XVI) pagawanyika mu(XVIII) mwagawanyika
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawanyika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawanyika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawanyika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawanyika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawanyika Consecutive kagawanyika / positive subject concord + -kagawanyika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawanyike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigawanyika -tugawanyika 2nd person -kugawanyika -wagawanyika/-kugawanyikeni/-wagawanyikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawanyika -wagawanyika m-mi(III/IV) -ugawanyika -igawanyika ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawanyika -yagawanyika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawanyika -vigawanyika n(IX/X) -igawanyika -zigawanyika u(XI) -ugawanyika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugawanyika pa(XVI) -pagawanyika mu(XVIII) -mugawanyika Reflexive -jigawanyika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawanyika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gawanyikaye -gawanyikao m-mi(III/IV) -gawanyikao -gawanyikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gawanyikalo -gawanyikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawanyikacho -gawanyikavyo n(IX/X) -gawanyikayo -gawanyikazo u(XI) -gawanyikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gawanyikako pa(XVI) -gawanyikapo mu(XVIII) -gawanyikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawanyika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegawanyika -ogawanyika m-mi(III/IV) -ogawanyika -yogawanyika ji-ma(V/VI) -logawanyika -yogawanyika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawanyika -vyogawanyika n(IX/X) -yogawanyika -zogawanyika u(XI) -ogawanyika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogawanyika pa(XVI) -pogawanyika mu(XVIII) -mogawanyika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mgawanyiko (“division, split”)