pigana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pigana (infinitive kupigana)

1. Reciprocal form of -piga: to fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pigana
Positive present -napigana Subjunctive -pigane Negative -pigani Imperative singular pigana
Infinitives
Positive kupigana Negative kutopigana
Imperatives
Singular pigana Plural piganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupigana Positive past positive subject concord + -lipigana Negative past negative subject concord + -kupigana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napigana) Singular Plural 1st person ninapigana/napigana tunapigana 2nd person unapigana mnapigana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapigana wanapigana other classes positive subject concord + -napigana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pigani) Singular Plural 1st person sipigani hatupigani 2nd person hupigani hampigani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapigani hawapigani other classes negative subject concord + -pigani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapigana Negative future negative subject concord + -tapigana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pigane) Singular Plural 1st person nipigane tupigane 2nd person upigane mpigane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigane wapigane other classes positive subject concord + -pigane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipigane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepigana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepigana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipigana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipigana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apigana) Singular Plural 1st person napigana twapigana 2nd person wapigana mwapigana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigana wapigana m-mi(III/IV) wapigana yapigana ji-ma(V/VI) lapigana yapigana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapigana vyapigana n(IX/X) yapigana zapigana u(XI) wapigana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapigana pa(XVI) papigana mu(XVIII) mwapigana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepigana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapigana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japigana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipigana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopigana Consecutive kapigana / positive subject concord + -kapigana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapigane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -pigana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -piganaye -piganao m-mi(III/IV) -piganao -piganayo ji-ma(V/VI) -piganalo -piganayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -piganacho -piganavyo n(IX/X) -piganayo -piganazo u(XI) -piganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -piganako pa(XVI) -piganapo mu(XVIII) -piganamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -pigana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepigana -opigana m-mi(III/IV) -opigana -yopigana ji-ma(V/VI) -lopigana -yopigana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopigana -vyopigana n(IX/X) -yopigana -zopigana u(XI) -opigana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopigana pa(XVI) -popigana mu(XVIII) -mopigana
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:
  • mpiganaji (“fighter”)
  • upiganaji (“fighting, battling”)