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kagua

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-kagua (infinitive kukagua)

  1. to check; audit, examine, inspect

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -kagua
Positive present -nakagua
Subjunctive -kague
Negative -kagui
Imperative singular kagua
Infinitives
Positive kukagua
Negative kutokagua
Imperatives
Singular kagua
Plural kagueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukagua
Positive past positive subject concord + -likagua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukagua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakagua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakagua/nakagua tunakagua
2nd person unakagua mnakagua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakagua wanakagua
other classes positive subject concord + -nakagua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kagui)
Singular Plural
1st person sikagui hatukagui
2nd person hukagui hamkagui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakagui hawakagui
other classes negative subject concord + -kagui
Positive future positive subject concord + -takagua
Negative future negative subject concord + -takagua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kague)
Singular Plural
1st person nikague tukague
2nd person ukague mkague
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akague wakague
other classes positive subject concord + -kague
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikague
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekagua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekagua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikagua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikagua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akagua)
Singular Plural
1st person nakagua twakagua
2nd person wakagua mwakagua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akagua wakagua
m-mi(III/IV) wakagua yakagua
ji-ma(V/VI) lakagua yakagua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakagua vyakagua
n(IX/X) yakagua zakagua
u(XI) wakagua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakagua
pa(XVI) pakagua
mu(XVIII) mwakagua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekagua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakagua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakagua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikagua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokagua
Consecutive kakagua / positive subject concord + -kakagua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakague
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikagua -tukagua
2nd person -kukagua -wakagua/-kukagueni/-wakagueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkagua -wakagua
m-mi(III/IV) -ukagua -ikagua
ji-ma(V/VI) -likagua -yakagua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikagua -vikagua
n(IX/X) -ikagua -zikagua
u(XI) -ukagua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukagua
pa(XVI) -pakagua
mu(XVIII) -mukagua
Reflexive -jikagua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kagua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kaguaye -kaguao
m-mi(III/IV) -kaguao -kaguayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kagualo -kaguayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kaguacho -kaguavyo
n(IX/X) -kaguayo -kaguazo
u(XI) -kaguao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kaguako
pa(XVI) -kaguapo
mu(XVIII) -kaguamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kagua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekagua -okagua
m-mi(III/IV) -okagua -yokagua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokagua -yokagua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokagua -vyokagua
n(IX/X) -yokagua -zokagua
u(XI) -okagua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokagua
pa(XVI) -pokagua
mu(XVIII) -mokagua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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