gusia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-gusia (infinitive kugusia)

  1. Applicative form of -gusa: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gusia
Positive present -nagusia
Subjunctive -gusie
Negative -gusii
Imperative singular gusia
Infinitives
Positive kugusia
Negative kutogusia
Imperatives
Singular gusia
Plural gusieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugusia
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligusia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugusia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagusia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagusia/nagusia tunagusia
2nd person unagusia mnagusia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagusia wanagusia
other classes positive subject concord + -nagusia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gusii)
Singular Plural
1st person sigusii hatugusii
2nd person hugusii hamgusii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagusii hawagusii
other classes negative subject concord + -gusii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagusia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagusia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gusie)
Singular Plural
1st person nigusie tugusie
2nd person ugusie mgusie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agusie wagusie
other classes positive subject concord + -gusie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigusie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegusia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegusia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligusia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligusia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agusia)
Singular Plural
1st person nagusia twagusia
2nd person wagusia mwagusia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agusia wagusia
m-mi(III/IV) wagusia yagusia
ji-ma(V/VI) lagusia yagusia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagusia vyagusia
n(IX/X) yagusia zagusia
u(XI) wagusia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagusia
pa(XVI) pagusia
mu(XVIII) mwagusia
Perfect positive subject concord + -megusia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagusia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagusia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigusia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogusia
Consecutive kagusia / positive subject concord + -kagusia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagusie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigusia -tugusia
2nd person -kugusia -wagusia/-kugusieni/-wagusieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgusia -wagusia
m-mi(III/IV) -ugusia -igusia
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligusia -yagusia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigusia -vigusia
n(IX/X) -igusia -zigusia
u(XI) -ugusia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugusia
pa(XVI) -pagusia
mu(XVIII) -mugusia
Reflexive -jigusia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gusia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gusiaye -gusiao
m-mi(III/IV) -gusiao -gusiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gusialo -gusiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gusiacho -gusiavyo
n(IX/X) -gusiayo -gusiazo
u(XI) -gusiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gusiako
pa(XVI) -gusiapo
mu(XVIII) -gusiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gusia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegusia -ogusia
m-mi(III/IV) -ogusia -yogusia
ji-ma(V/VI) -logusia -yogusia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogusia -vyogusia
n(IX/X) -yogusia -zogusia
u(XI) -ogusia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogusia
pa(XVI) -pogusia
mu(XVIII) -mogusia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.