gawanya

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From -gawa.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-gawanya (infinitive kugawanya)

  1. to divide up, share

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -gawanya
Positive present -nagawanya
Subjunctive -gawanye
Negative -gawanyi
Imperative singular gawanya
Infinitives
Positive kugawanya
Negative kutogawanya
Imperatives
Singular gawanya
Plural gawanyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugawanya
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligawanya
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugawanya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagawanya)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagawanya/nagawanya tunagawanya
2nd person unagawanya mnagawanya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagawanya wanagawanya
other classes positive subject concord + -nagawanya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gawanyi)
Singular Plural
1st person sigawanyi hatugawanyi
2nd person hugawanyi hamgawanyi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagawanyi hawagawanyi
other classes negative subject concord + -gawanyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagawanya
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagawanya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gawanye)
Singular Plural
1st person nigawanye tugawanye
2nd person ugawanye mgawanye
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawanye wagawanye
other classes positive subject concord + -gawanye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigawanye
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegawanya
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegawanya
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligawanya
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligawanya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agawanya)
Singular Plural
1st person nagawanya twagawanya
2nd person wagawanya mwagawanya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agawanya wagawanya
m-mi(III/IV) wagawanya yagawanya
ji-ma(V/VI) lagawanya yagawanya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagawanya vyagawanya
n(IX/X) yagawanya zagawanya
u(XI) wagawanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagawanya
pa(XVI) pagawanya
mu(XVIII) mwagawanya
Perfect positive subject concord + -megawanya
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagawanya
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagawanya
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigawanya
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogawanya
Consecutive kagawanya / positive subject concord + -kagawanya
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagawanye
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigawanya -tugawanya
2nd person -kugawanya -wagawanya/-kugawanyeni/-wagawanyeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgawanya -wagawanya
m-mi(III/IV) -ugawanya -igawanya
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligawanya -yagawanya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigawanya -vigawanya
n(IX/X) -igawanya -zigawanya
u(XI) -ugawanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugawanya
pa(XVI) -pagawanya
mu(XVIII) -mugawanya
Reflexive -jigawanya
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gawanya- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gawanyaye -gawanyao
m-mi(III/IV) -gawanyao -gawanyayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gawanyalo -gawanyayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gawanyacho -gawanyavyo
n(IX/X) -gawanyayo -gawanyazo
u(XI) -gawanyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gawanyako
pa(XVI) -gawanyapo
mu(XVIII) -gawanyamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gawanya)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegawanya -ogawanya
m-mi(III/IV) -ogawanya -yogawanya
ji-ma(V/VI) -logawanya -yogawanya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogawanya -vyogawanya
n(IX/X) -yogawanya -zogawanya
u(XI) -ogawanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogawanya
pa(XVI) -pogawanya
mu(XVIII) -mogawanya
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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