comfort him/her

Theme: 
N toowú S-l-t'aa~ (ø act)
for S to comfort N
Naish-Story: 
ñaa toowú + li-t'aa
Notes: 
The form: du toowú alt'eiý gives both a present tense reading "he/she/it is comforting him/her" and a repetitive reading "he/she/it comforts him/her (regularly)".

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Du toowú lat'á!
Comfort him/her!
2p: 
Du toowú yilat'á!
You all comfort him/her!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
[does not occur]

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
du toowú alt'eiý
he/she/it is comforting him/her

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
tlél du toowú oolt'eiý
he/she/it doesn't comfort him/her

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
du toowú alt'eiý
he/she/it comforts him/her (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
du toowú awlit'áa
he/she/it comforted him/her

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél du toowú awult'aa
he/she/it didn't comfort him/her

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
du toowú oolt'áaych
he/she/it comforts him/her (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
du toowú aguýlat'áa
he/she/it will comfort him/her

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél du toowú aguýlat'aa
he/she/it won't comfort him/her

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
du toowú aýlat'aa
let him/her/it comfort him/her

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé du toowú aýwlit'aayi yé
no way can he/she/it comfort him/her

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
du toowú aýwlat'áayin
he/she/it would have comforted him/her

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
du toowú alt'éini
if/when he/she/it comforts him/her