pigiana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pigiana (infinitive kupigiana)

1. Reciprocal form of -pigia: to hit for each other, to play for each other
2. Used as a dummy verb to make a reciprocal verbal phrase from a noun.

   simu (“phone”) → -pigiana simu ("call each other")

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pigiana
Positive present -napigiana Subjunctive -pigiane Negative -pigiani Imperative singular pigiana
Infinitives
Positive kupigiana Negative kutopigiana
Imperatives
Singular pigiana Plural pigianeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupigiana Positive past positive subject concord + -lipigiana Negative past negative subject concord + -kupigiana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napigiana) Singular Plural 1st person ninapigiana/napigiana tunapigiana 2nd person unapigiana mnapigiana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapigiana wanapigiana other classes positive subject concord + -napigiana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pigiani) Singular Plural 1st person sipigiani hatupigiani 2nd person hupigiani hampigiani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapigiani hawapigiani other classes negative subject concord + -pigiani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapigiana Negative future negative subject concord + -tapigiana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pigiane) Singular Plural 1st person nipigiane tupigiane 2nd person upigiane mpigiane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigiane wapigiane other classes positive subject concord + -pigiane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipigiane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepigiana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepigiana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipigiana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipigiana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apigiana) Singular Plural 1st person napigiana twapigiana 2nd person wapigiana mwapigiana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apigiana wapigiana m-mi(III/IV) wapigiana yapigiana ji-ma(V/VI) lapigiana yapigiana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapigiana vyapigiana n(IX/X) yapigiana zapigiana u(XI) wapigiana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapigiana pa(XVI) papigiana mu(XVIII) mwapigiana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepigiana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapigiana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japigiana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipigiana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopigiana Consecutive kapigiana / positive subject concord + -kapigiana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapigiane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -pigiana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pigianaye -pigianao m-mi(III/IV) -pigianao -pigianayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pigianalo -pigianayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pigianacho -pigianavyo n(IX/X) -pigianayo -pigianazo u(XI) -pigianao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pigianako pa(XVI) -pigianapo mu(XVIII) -pigianamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -pigiana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepigiana -opigiana m-mi(III/IV) -opigiana -yopigiana ji-ma(V/VI) -lopigiana -yopigiana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopigiana -vyopigiana n(IX/X) -yopigiana -zopigiana u(XI) -opigiana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopigiana pa(XVI) -popigiana mu(XVIII) -mopigiana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.