catch it; grab him/her/it; arrest him/her/it; trap him/her/it

Theme: 
O-S-ø-sháat~ (ga event)
for S to catch O; for S to grab, take hold of, snatch O; for S to arrest O; for S to trap O
Naish-Story: 
ya-shaat

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Gasháat!
Catch it!
2p: 
Gaysháat!
You all catch it!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl kei ishátjiñ!
Don't catch it!
2p: 
Líl kei yishátjiñ!
Don't you all catch it!

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

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
1s: 
kei ýashátch
I catch it (regularly)
3s: 
kei ashátch
s/he catches it (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ýwaasháat
I caught it
2s: 
yeesháat
you caught it
3s: 
aawasháat
s/he caught it
1p: 
wutuwasháat
we caught it
2p: 
yeeysháat
you all caught it
3p: 
has aawasháat
they caught it
4: 
wuduwasháat
someone caught it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwasháat
I didn't catch it
2s: 
tlél yisháat
you didn't catch it
3s: 
tlél awusháat
s/he didn't catch it
1p: 
tlél wutoosháat
we didn't catch it
2p: 
tlél yeeysháat
you all didn't catch it
3p: 
tlél has awusháat
they didn't catch it
4: 
tlél wudusháat
nobody caught it

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
gaýashátch
I catch it (every time)
2s: 
geeshátch
you catch it (every time)
3s: 
agashátch
s/he catches it (every time)
1p: 
gatooshátch
we catch it (every time)
2p: 
gayshátch
you all catch it (every time)
3p: 
has agashátch
they catch it (every time)
4: 
gadushátch
someone catches it (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél gooýashátch
I haven't caught it yet
2s: 
tlél geeshátch
you haven't caught it yet
3s: 
tlél agooshátch
s/he hasn't caught it yet
1p: 
tlél gatooshátch
we haven't caught it yet
2p: 
tlél gayshátch
you all haven't caught it yet
3p: 
tlél has agooshátch
they haven't caught it yet
4: 
tlél gadushátch
nobody has caught it yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kei kñwasháat
I will catch it
2s: 
kei gaçeesháat
you will catch it
3s: 
kei akçwasháat
s/he will catch it
1p: 
kei gaýtoosháat
we will catch it
2p: 
kei gaýyisháat
you all will catch it
3p: 
kei (ha)s akçwasháat
they will catch it
4: 
kei gaýdusháat
someone will catch it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kei kñwasháat
I won't catch it
2s: 
tlél kei gaçeesháat
you won't catch it
3s: 
tlél kei akçwasháat
s/he won't catch it
1p: 
tlél kei gaýtoosháat
we won't catch it
2p: 
tlél kei gaýyisháat
you all won't catch it
3p: 
tlél kei (ha)s akçwasháat
they won't catch it
4: 
tlél kei gaýdusháat
nobody will catch it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
gañasháat
let me catch it
3s: 
akçasháat
let him/her catch it
1p: 
gaýtoosháat
let us catch it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s: 
tlél aadé gooñaasháadi yé
no way can I catch it
3s: 
tlél aadé akçwaasháadi yé
no way can s/he catch it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s: 
gooñasháadin
I would have caught it
3s: 
akçwasháadin
s/he would have caught it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s: 
ýwasháadi
if/when I catch it
3s: 
awusháadi
if/when s/he catches it