born; exist; live
Theme:
O-ñu-d-s-tee~ (ça state)
for O to be, be in existence, live; for O to be born
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Naish-Story:
ñu-dzi-tee Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
[does not occur]
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
ñudzitee
it exists; he/she/it is alive
Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s:
tlél ñoostí
it doesn't exist; he/she/it isn't alive
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
[does not occur]
Perfective (+) (did it)
3s:
ñoowdzitee
it existed; he/she/it was born
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s:
tlél ñuwustee
it didn't exist; he/she/it wasn't born
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
ñuçasteech
it is (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s:
tlél ñuçasteech
it doesn't exist yet; he/she/it hasn't been born yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
3s:
yéi ñukçwastée
it will exist; he/she/it will be born
Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s:
tlél yéi ñukçwastee
he/she/it won't be born
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s:
ñuçaaçastee
let it exist; let him/her/it be born
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé ñooçaaýdziteeyi yé
no way can he/she/it be born
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
ñuçwaaçasteeyín
he/she/it would have been born
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
ñuçastéeni
if/when he/she/it is born
Example(s):
Tlél aý yóo ý'atángi ñoostí
I'm speechless. (Lit: My words don't exist)