gawika

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-gawika (infinitive kugawika)

  1. Stative form of -gawa: to be divided

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -gawika
Positive present -nagawika
Subjunctive -gawike
Negative -gawiki
Imperative singular gawika
Infinitives
Positive kugawika
Negative kutogawika
Imperatives
Singular gawika
Plural gawikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawika
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagawika/nagawika tunagawika
2nd person unagawika mnagawika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawika wanagawika
other classes positive subject concord + -nagawika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sigawiki hatugawiki
2nd person hugawiki hamgawiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawiki hawagawiki
other classes negative subject concord + -gawiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawike)
Singular Plural
1st person nigawike tugawike
2nd person ugawike mgawike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawike wagawike
other classes positive subject concord + -gawike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawika)
Singular Plural
1st person nagawika twagawika
2nd person wagawika mwagawika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawika wagawika
m-mi(III/IV) wagawika yagawika
ji-ma(V/VI) lagawika yagawika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawika vyagawika
n(IX/X) yagawika zagawika
u(XI) wagawika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagawika
pa(XVI) pagawika
mu(XVIII) mwagawika
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawika
Consecutive kagawika / positive subject concord + -kagawika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigawika -tugawika
2nd person -kugawika -wagawika/-kugawikeni/-wagawikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawika -wagawika
m-mi(III/IV) -ugawika -igawika
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawika -yagawika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawika -vigawika
n(IX/X) -igawika -zigawika
u(XI) -ugawika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugawika
pa(XVI) -pagawika
mu(XVIII) -mugawika
Reflexive -jigawika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gawikaye -gawikao
m-mi(III/IV) -gawikao -gawikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gawikalo -gawikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawikacho -gawikavyo
n(IX/X) -gawikayo -gawikazo
u(XI) -gawikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gawikako
pa(XVI) -gawikapo
mu(XVIII) -gawikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegawika -ogawika
m-mi(III/IV) -ogawika -yogawika
ji-ma(V/VI) -logawika -yogawika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawika -vyogawika
n(IX/X) -yogawika -zogawika
u(XI) -ogawika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogawika
pa(XVI) -pogawika
mu(XVIII) -mogawika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.