gawisha

Swahili

Verb

-gawisha (infinitive kugawisha)

1. Causative form of -gawa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gawisha
Positive present -nagawisha Subjunctive -gawishe Negative -gawishi Imperative singular gawisha
Infinitives
Positive kugawisha Negative kutogawisha
Imperatives
Singular gawisha Plural gawisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawisha Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawisha Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawisha) Singular Plural 1st person ninagawisha/nagawisha tunagawisha 2nd person unagawisha mnagawisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawisha wanagawisha other classes positive subject concord + -nagawisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawishi) Singular Plural 1st person sigawishi hatugawishi 2nd person hugawishi hamgawishi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawishi hawagawishi other classes negative subject concord + -gawishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawisha Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawishe) Singular Plural 1st person nigawishe tugawishe 2nd person ugawishe mgawishe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawishe wagawishe other classes positive subject concord + -gawishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawishe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawisha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawisha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawisha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawisha) Singular Plural 1st person nagawisha twagawisha 2nd person wagawisha mwagawisha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawisha wagawisha m-mi(III/IV) wagawisha yagawisha ji-ma(V/VI) lagawisha yagawisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawisha vyagawisha n(IX/X) yagawisha zagawisha u(XI) wagawisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagawisha pa(XVI) pagawisha mu(XVIII) mwagawisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawisha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawisha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawisha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawisha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawisha Consecutive kagawisha / positive subject concord + -kagawisha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawishe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigawisha -tugawisha 2nd person -kugawisha -wagawisha/-kugawisheni/-wagawisheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawisha -wagawisha m-mi(III/IV) -ugawisha -igawisha ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawisha -yagawisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawisha -vigawisha n(IX/X) -igawisha -zigawisha u(XI) -ugawisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugawisha pa(XVI) -pagawisha mu(XVIII) -mugawisha Reflexive -jigawisha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawisha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gawishaye -gawishao m-mi(III/IV) -gawishao -gawishayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gawishalo -gawishayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawishacho -gawishavyo n(IX/X) -gawishayo -gawishazo u(XI) -gawishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gawishako pa(XVI) -gawishapo mu(XVIII) -gawishamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawisha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegawisha -ogawisha m-mi(III/IV) -ogawisha -yogawisha ji-ma(V/VI) -logawisha -yogawisha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawisha -vyogawisha n(IX/X) -yogawisha -zogawisha u(XI) -ogawisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogawisha pa(XVI) -pogawisha mu(XVIII) -mogawisha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.