comfort him/her
Theme:
N toowú S-l-t'aa~ (ø act)
for S to comfort N
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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