giya – Xhosa verb conjugation

Xhosa verb forms of giya

giya
Root: -giya

Present

Present

Sg.1ndigiya
Sg.2ugiya
Sg.3ugiya
Pl.1sigiya
Pl.2nigiya
Pl.3bagiya

Present Long

Sg.1ndiyagiya
Sg.2uyagiya
Sg.3uyagiya
Pl.1siyagiya
Pl.2niyagiya
Pl.3bayagiya

Past

Recent Past

Sg.1ndigiye
Sg.2ugiye
Sg.3ugiye
Pl.1sigiye
Pl.2nigiye
Pl.3bagiye

Recent Past Long

Sg.1ndigiyile
Sg.2ugiyile
Sg.3ugiyile
Pl.1sigiyile
Pl.2nigiyile
Pl.3bagiyile

Remote Past

Sg.1ndagiya
Sg.2wagiya
Sg.3wagiya
Pl.1sagiya
Pl.2nagiya
Pl.3bagiya

Future

Near Future

Sg.1ndiza giya
Sg.2uza giya
Sg.3uza giya
Pl.1siza giya
Pl.2niza giya
Pl.3baza giya

Verbs conjugated like giya

sasaza, sayina, sabela, shwaqa, shenxa, xukuxa, xobula, xhutha, xhwila, xhapha, xhabha, xhamla, xelela, xakeka, xabisa, xabela, xabana, cwangcisa, enzakalisa, yolisa, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Sample Sentences

Etymology