gawana

Swahili

Verb

-gawana (infinitive kugawana)

1. Reciprocal form of -gawa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gawana
Positive present -nagawana Subjunctive -gawane Negative -gawani Imperative singular gawana
Infinitives
Positive kugawana Negative kutogawana
Imperatives
Singular gawana Plural gawaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawana Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawana Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawana) Singular Plural 1st person ninagawana/nagawana tunagawana 2nd person unagawana mnagawana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawana wanagawana other classes positive subject concord + -nagawana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawani) Singular Plural 1st person sigawani hatugawani 2nd person hugawani hamgawani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawani hawagawani other classes negative subject concord + -gawani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawana Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawane) Singular Plural 1st person nigawane tugawane 2nd person ugawane mgawane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawane wagawane other classes positive subject concord + -gawane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawana) Singular Plural 1st person nagawana twagawana 2nd person wagawana mwagawana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawana wagawana m-mi(III/IV) wagawana yagawana ji-ma(V/VI) lagawana yagawana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawana vyagawana n(IX/X) yagawana zagawana u(XI) wagawana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagawana pa(XVI) pagawana mu(XVIII) mwagawana
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawana Consecutive kagawana / positive subject concord + -kagawana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigawana -tugawana 2nd person -kugawana -wagawana/-kugawaneni/-wagawaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawana -wagawana m-mi(III/IV) -ugawana -igawana ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawana -yagawana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawana -vigawana n(IX/X) -igawana -zigawana u(XI) -ugawana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugawana pa(XVI) -pagawana mu(XVIII) -mugawana Reflexive -jigawana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gawanaye -gawanao m-mi(III/IV) -gawanao -gawanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gawanalo -gawanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawanacho -gawanavyo n(IX/X) -gawanayo -gawanazo u(XI) -gawanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gawanako pa(XVI) -gawanapo mu(XVIII) -gawanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegawana -ogawana m-mi(III/IV) -ogawana -yogawana ji-ma(V/VI) -logawana -yogawana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawana -vyogawana n(IX/X) -yogawana -zogawana u(XI) -ogawana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogawana pa(XVI) -pogawana mu(XVIII) -mogawana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.