gawiwa

Swahili

Verb

-gawiwa (infinitive kugawiwa)

1. Passive form of -gawa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gawiwa
Positive present -nagawiwa Subjunctive -gawiwe Negative -gawiwi Imperative singular gawiwa
Infinitives
Positive kugawiwa Negative kutogawiwa
Imperatives
Singular gawiwa Plural gawiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninagawiwa/nagawiwa tunagawiwa 2nd person unagawiwa mnagawiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawiwa wanagawiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nagawiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sigawiwi hatugawiwi 2nd person hugawiwi hamgawiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawiwi hawagawiwi other classes negative subject concord + -gawiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nigawiwe tugawiwe 2nd person ugawiwe mgawiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawiwe wagawiwe other classes positive subject concord + -gawiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nagawiwa twagawiwa 2nd person wagawiwa mwagawiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawiwa wagawiwa m-mi(III/IV) wagawiwa yagawiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lagawiwa yagawiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawiwa vyagawiwa n(IX/X) yagawiwa zagawiwa u(XI) wagawiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagawiwa pa(XVI) pagawiwa mu(XVIII) mwagawiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawiwa Consecutive kagawiwa / positive subject concord + -kagawiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nigawiwa -tugawiwa 2nd person -kugawiwa -wagawiwa/-kugawiweni/-wagawiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawiwa -wagawiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ugawiwa -igawiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawiwa -yagawiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawiwa -vigawiwa n(IX/X) -igawiwa -zigawiwa u(XI) -ugawiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kugawiwa pa(XVI) -pagawiwa mu(XVIII) -mugawiwa Reflexive -jigawiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gawiwaye -gawiwao m-mi(III/IV) -gawiwao -gawiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gawiwalo -gawiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawiwacho -gawiwavyo n(IX/X) -gawiwayo -gawiwazo u(XI) -gawiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gawiwako pa(XVI) -gawiwapo mu(XVIII) -gawiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegawiwa -ogawiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ogawiwa -yogawiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -logawiwa -yogawiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawiwa -vyogawiwa n(IX/X) -yogawiwa -zogawiwa u(XI) -ogawiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogawiwa pa(XVI) -pogawiwa mu(XVIII) -mogawiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.