bite him/her/it; carry it in one's mouth (of animal)
Theme:
O-S-ø-yeeñ~ (ga event)
for S to bite O; for S to carry O in mouth (of animal)
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Naish-Story:
ya-yeeñ Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Gayeeñ!
Bite it!
2p:
Gayyeeñ!
You all bite it!
Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl kei eeyíñjiñ!
Don't bite him/her/it!
2p:
Líl kei yiyíñjiñ!
Don't you all bite him/her/it!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
1s:
kei ýayíñch
I bite him/her/it (regularly)
3s:
kei ayíñch
he/she/it bites him/her/it (regularly)
Perfective (+) (did it)
1s:
ýwayeeñ
I bit him/her/it
3s:
aawayeeñ
he/she/it bit him/her/it
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s:
tlél ýwayeeñ
I didn't bite him/her/it
3s:
tlél awuyeeñ
he/she/it didn't bite him/her/it
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s:
gaýayíñch
I bite him/her/it (every time)
3s:
agayíñch
he/she/it bites him/her/it (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s:
[does not occur - semantically awkward for subjects other than 3rd person]
3s:
tlél agooyíñch
he/she/it hasn't bit him/her/it yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
1s:
kei kñwayéeñ
I will bite him/her/it
3s:
kei akçwayéeñ
he/she/it will bite him/her/it
Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s:
tlél kei kñwayeeñ
I won't bite him/her/it
3s:
tlél kei akçwayeeñ
he/she/it won't bite him/her/it
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s:
gañayeeñ
let me bite him/her/it
3s:
akçayeeñ
let him/her/it bite him/her/it
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s:
tlél aadé gooñaayeeçi yé
no way can I bite him/her/it
3s:
tlél aadé akçwaayeeçi yé
no way can he/she/it bite him/her/it
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s:
gooñayeeçín
I would have bitten him/her/it
3s:
akçwayeeçín
he/she/it would have bitten him/her/it
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s:
ýwayeeçí
if/when I bite him/her/it
3s:
awuyeeçí
if/when he/she/it bites him/her/it