pigana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pigana (infinitive kupigana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -piga: to fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pigana
Positive present -napigana
Subjunctive -pigane
Negative -pigani
Imperative singular pigana
Infinitives
Positive kupigana
Negative kutopigana
Imperatives
Singular pigana
Plural piganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupigana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipigana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupigana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napigana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapigana/napigana tunapigana
2nd person unapigana mnapigana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapigana wanapigana
other classes positive subject concord + -napigana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pigani)
Singular Plural
1st person sipigani hatupigani
2nd person hupigani hampigani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapigani hawapigani
other classes negative subject concord + -pigani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapigana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapigana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pigane)
Singular Plural
1st person nipigane tupigane
2nd person upigane mpigane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigane wapigane
other classes positive subject concord + -pigane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipigane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepigana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepigana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipigana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipigana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apigana)
Singular Plural
1st person napigana twapigana
2nd person wapigana mwapigana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigana wapigana
m-mi(III/IV) wapigana yapigana
ji-ma(V/VI) lapigana yapigana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapigana vyapigana
n(IX/X) yapigana zapigana
u(XI) wapigana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapigana
pa(XVI) papigana
mu(XVIII) mwapigana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepigana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapigana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japigana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipigana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopigana
Consecutive kapigana / positive subject concord + -kapigana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapigane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -pigana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -piganaye -piganao
m-mi(III/IV) -piganao -piganayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -piganalo -piganayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -piganacho -piganavyo
n(IX/X) -piganayo -piganazo
u(XI) -piganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -piganako
pa(XVI) -piganapo
mu(XVIII) -piganamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -pigana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepigana -opigana
m-mi(III/IV) -opigana -yopigana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopigana -yopigana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopigana -vyopigana
n(IX/X) -yopigana -zopigana
u(XI) -opigana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopigana
pa(XVI) -popigana
mu(XVIII) -mopigana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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