blame it on him/her; bring it (shame, joy) onto him/her

Theme: 
P-t~ O-shu-S-ø-tée~ (ø motion)
for S to bring O (abstract, esp. shame, blame, joy) onto P
Naish-Story: 
shu-ya-tee
Notes: 
This verb can be used with nouns such as "joy" or "shame", but note that when no noun is explicitly given, the reading is "blame" for this verb. For example: haa kát ashuwatée "he blamed it on us" BUT, kadéix' haa kát ashuwatée "he brought shame on us". N éet~ can replace N kát~ to give the same meaning. For example, du éet ashuwatée "s/he blamed it on him/her". To blame someone for eating something, use N ý'éit~, as in: du ý'éit shuýwaatée "I blamed him for eating it". To blame someone for doing something with the hands, use N jeet~, as in: du jeet shuýwaatée "I blamed him for doing it".

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Du kát shutí!
Blame it on him/her!
2p: 
Du kát shuytí!
You all blame it on him/her!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl du káa eeshuteegíñ!
Don't blame it on him/her!
2p: 
Líl du káa yishuteegíñ!
Dont you all blame it on him/her!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
1s: 
du káý shuýatee
I blame it on him/her (regularly)
3s: 
du káý ashutee
s/he blames it on him/her (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
du kát shuýwaatée
I blamed it on him/her
3s: 
du kát ashuwatée
s/he blamed it on him/her

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél du kát shuýwatí
I didn't blame it on him/her
3s: 
tlél du kát ashuwutí
s/he didn't blame it on him/her

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
du kát shooýatéeych
I blame it on him/her (every time)
3s: 
du kát ashootéeych
s/he blames it on him/her (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél du kát shooýatéeych
I haven't blamed it on him/her yet
3s: 
tlél du kát ashootéeych
s/he hasn't blamed it on him/her yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
du kaadé shukñwatée
I will blame it on him/her
3s: 
du kaadé ashukçwatée
s/he will blame it on him/her

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél du kaadé shukñwatee
I won't blame it on him/her
3s: 
tlél du kaadé ashukçwatee
s/he won't blame it on him/her

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
(ch'a) du kát shuñatee (dé)
(just) let me blame it on him/her (now)
3s: 
(ch'a) du kát ashuçatee (dé)
(just) let him/her blame it on him/her (now)

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s: 
tlél aadé du kát shuñwaateeyi yé
no way can I blame it on him/her
3s: 
tlél aadé du kát ashuçwaateeyi yé
no way can s/he blame it on him/her

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s: 
du kát shuñwateeyín
I would have blamed it on him/her
3s: 
du kát ashuçwateeyín
s/he would have blamed it on him/her

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s: 
du kát shuýwateeyí
if/when I blame it on him/her
3s: 
du kát ashuwuteeyí
if/when s/he blames it on him/her