gongana

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-gongana (infinitive kugongana)

1. Reciprocal form of -gonga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gongana
Positive present -nagongana Subjunctive -gongane Negative -gongani Imperative singular gongana
Infinitives
Positive kugongana Negative kutogongana
Imperatives
Singular gongana Plural gonganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugongana Positive past positive subject concord + -ligongana Negative past negative subject concord + -kugongana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagongana) Singular Plural 1st person ninagongana/nagongana tunagongana 2nd person unagongana mnagongana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagongana wanagongana other classes positive subject concord + -nagongana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gongani) Singular Plural 1st person sigongani hatugongani 2nd person hugongani hamgongani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagongani hawagongani other classes negative subject concord + -gongani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagongana Negative future negative subject concord + -tagongana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gongane) Singular Plural 1st person nigongane tugongane 2nd person ugongane mgongane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agongane wagongane other classes positive subject concord + -gongane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigongane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegongana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegongana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligongana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligongana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agongana) Singular Plural 1st person nagongana twagongana 2nd person wagongana mwagongana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agongana wagongana m-mi(III/IV) wagongana yagongana ji-ma(V/VI) lagongana yagongana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagongana vyagongana n(IX/X) yagongana zagongana u(XI) wagongana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagongana pa(XVI) pagongana mu(XVIII) mwagongana
Perfect positive subject concord + -megongana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagongana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagongana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigongana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogongana Consecutive kagongana / positive subject concord + -kagongana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagongane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -gongana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gonganaye -gonganao m-mi(III/IV) -gonganao -gonganayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gonganalo -gonganayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gonganacho -gonganavyo n(IX/X) -gonganayo -gonganazo u(XI) -gonganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gonganako pa(XVI) -gonganapo mu(XVIII) -gonganamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -gongana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegongana -ogongana m-mi(III/IV) -ogongana -yogongana ji-ma(V/VI) -logongana -yogongana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogongana -vyogongana n(IX/X) -yogongana -zogongana u(XI) -ogongana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogongana pa(XVI) -pogongana mu(XVIII) -mogongana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.