gawia

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-gawia (infinitive kugawia)

  1. Applicative form of -gawa: to give to someone a part of something

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -gawia
Positive present -nagawia
Subjunctive -gawie
Negative -gawii
Imperative singular gawia
Infinitives
Positive kugawia
Negative kutogawia
Imperatives
Singular gawia
Plural gawieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawia
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagawia/nagawia tunagawia
2nd person unagawia mnagawia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawia wanagawia
other classes positive subject concord + -nagawia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawii)
Singular Plural
1st person sigawii hatugawii
2nd person hugawii hamgawii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawii hawagawii
other classes negative subject concord + -gawii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawie)
Singular Plural
1st person nigawie tugawie
2nd person ugawie mgawie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawie wagawie
other classes positive subject concord + -gawie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawia)
Singular Plural
1st person nagawia twagawia
2nd person wagawia mwagawia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawia wagawia
m-mi(III/IV) wagawia yagawia
ji-ma(V/VI) lagawia yagawia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawia vyagawia
n(IX/X) yagawia zagawia
u(XI) wagawia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagawia
pa(XVI) pagawia
mu(XVIII) mwagawia
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawia
Consecutive kagawia / positive subject concord + -kagawia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigawia -tugawia
2nd person -kugawia -wagawia/-kugawieni/-wagawieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawia -wagawia
m-mi(III/IV) -ugawia -igawia
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawia -yagawia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawia -vigawia
n(IX/X) -igawia -zigawia
u(XI) -ugawia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugawia
pa(XVI) -pagawia
mu(XVIII) -mugawia
Reflexive -jigawia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gawiaye -gawiao
m-mi(III/IV) -gawiao -gawiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gawialo -gawiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawiacho -gawiavyo
n(IX/X) -gawiayo -gawiazo
u(XI) -gawiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gawiako
pa(XVI) -gawiapo
mu(XVIII) -gawiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegawia -ogawia
m-mi(III/IV) -ogawia -yogawia
ji-ma(V/VI) -logawia -yogawia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawia -vyogawia
n(IX/X) -yogawia -zogawia
u(XI) -ogawia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogawia
pa(XVI) -pogawia
mu(XVIII) -mogawia
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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