beat him/her up; assault him/her; attack him/her

Theme: 
O-S-ø-jáañw (na act)
for S to beat up, assault, violently attack O
Naish-Story: 
ya-jaañw

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Najáañw!
Beat him/her up!
2p: 
Nayjáañw!
You all beat him/her up!

Imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl eejáaçuñ!
Don't beat him/her up!
2p: 
Líl yijáaçuñ!
Don't you all beat him/her up!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s: 
ýajáañw
I'm beating him/her up
3s: 
ajáañw
s/he's beating him/her up

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwajáañw
I'm not beating him/her up
3s: 
tlél oojáañw
s/he's not beating him/her up

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
1s: 
yaa nýajáñw
I'm beating him/her up
3s: 
yaa anajáñw
s/he's beating him/her up

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
1s: 
yoo ýaajáañwk
I beat him/her up (regularly)
3s: 
yoo ayajáañwk
s/he beats him/her up (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ýwaajáañw
I beat him/her up
3s: 
aawajáañw
s/he beat him/her up

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwajáañw
I didn't beat him/her up
3s: 
tlél awujáañw
s/he didn't beat him/her up

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
naýajáañwch
I beat him/her up (every time)
3s: 
anajáañwch
s/he beats him/her up (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél naýwajáañwch
I haven't beat him/her up yet
3s: 
tlél oonajáañwch
s/he hasn't beat him/her up yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kuñajáañw
I will beat him/her up
3s: 
akçwajáañw
s/he will beat him/her up

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kuñajáañw
I won't beat him/her up
3s: 
tlél akçwajáañw
s/he won't beat him/her up

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
nañajáañw
let me beat him/her up
3s: 
naçajáañw
let him/her beat him/her up

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s: 
tlél aadé nañwaajáaçu yé
no way can I beat him/her up
3s: 
tlél aadé oonçaajáaçu yé
no way can s/he beat him/her up

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s: 
nañwajáaçun
I would have beat him/her up
3s: 
oonçajáaçun
s/he would have beat him/her up

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s: 
naýajáñwni
if/when I beat him/her up
3s: 
anajáñwni
if/when s/he beats him/her up

Example(s):

Tlákw kaawashoowú áwé anajáañwch.
Whenever he's drunk, he beats him up.
Tlél ýwajáañw, ch'a çóot ñáach áwé woojáañw.
I didn't beat him up, some other guy beat him up.