dance

Theme: 
a-S-ø-l'eiý~ (na act)
for S to dance
Naish-Story: 
a-ya-l'eiý

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Anal'eiý!
Dance!
Audio: 
2p: 
Anayl'eiý!
You all dance!
Audio: 

Imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl eel'eiýíñ!
Don't dance!
Audio: 
2p: 
Líl ayl'eiýíñ!
Don't you all dance!
Audio: 

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s: 
aýal'eiý
I dance; I am dancing
Audio: 
2s: 
eel'eiý
you dance; you are dancing
Audio: 
3s: 
al'eiý
s/he dances; s/he is dancing
Audio: 
1p: 
atool'eiý
we dance; we are dancing
Audio: 
2p: 
ayl'eiý
you all dance; you all are dancing
Audio: 
3p: 
has al'eiý
they dance; they are dancing
Audio: 
4: 
adul'eiý
someone dances; someone is dancing
Audio: 

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ooýal'eiý
I don't dance; I'm not dancing
Audio: 
2s: 
tlél eel'eiý
you don't dance; you aren't dancing
Audio: 
3s: 
tlél ool'eiý
s/he doesn't dance; s/he isn't dancing
Audio: 
1p: 
tlél atool'eiý
we don't dance; we aren't dancing
Audio: 
2p: 
tlél ayl'eiý
you all don't dance; you all aren't dancing
Audio: 
3p: 
tlél has ool'eiý
they don't dance; they aren't dancing
Audio: 
4: 
tlél adul'eiý / tlél oodul'eiý
there's no dancing; no one is dancing
Audio: 

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s: 
yaa anal'éý
s/he is dancing along
Audio: 

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
yoo ayal'éýk
s/he dances (regularly)
Audio: 

Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s: 
al'eý nuch
s/he always dances
Audio: 

Imperfective decessive (+) (used to do it)
3s: 
al'eiýín / al'eiýéen
s/he used to dance
Audio: 

Imperfective decessive (-) (didn't used to do it)
3s: 
tlél ool'eiýín / tlél ool'eiýéen
s/he didn't used to dance
Audio: 

Imperfective attributive (+) (the one who does it)
3s: 
wé al'eiýi aa
the one who dances; the one who is dancing
Audio: 

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
aýwaal'eiý
I danced
Audio: 
2s: 
iyal'eiý
you danced
Audio: 
3s: 
aawal'eiý
s/he danced
Audio: 
1p: 
awtuwal'eiý
we danced
Audio: 
2p: 
ayeeyl'eiý
you all danced
Audio: 
3p: 
has aawal'eiý
they danced
Audio: 
4: 
awduwal'eiý
someone danced
Audio: 

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél aýwal'eiý
I didn't dance
Audio: 
2s: 
tlél ayil'eiý
you didn't dance
Audio: 
3s: 
tlél awul'eiý
s/he didn't dance
Audio: 
1p: 
tlél awtool'eiý
we didn't dance
Audio: 
2p: 
tlél ayeeyl'eiý
you all didn't dance
Audio: 
3p: 
tlél has awul'eiý
they didn't dance
Audio: 
4: 
tlél awdul'eiý
nobody danced
Audio: 

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
[does not occur]

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél oonýal'eiých
I haven't danced yet
Audio: 
2s: 
tlél aneel'eiých
you haven't danced yet
Audio: 
3s: 
tlél oonal'eiých
s/he hasn't danced yet
Audio: 
1p: 
tlél antool'eiých
we haven't danced yet
Audio: 
2p: 
tlél anayl'eiých
you all haven't danced yet
Audio: 
3p: 
tlél has oonal'eiých
they haven't danced yet
Audio: 
4: 
tlél andul'eiých
nobody has danced yet; there hasn't been any dancing yet
Audio: 

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
akñwal'eiý
I will dance
Audio: 
2s: 
akçeel'eiý
you will dance
Audio: 
3s: 
akçwal'eiý
s/he will dance
Audio: 
1p: 
agaýtool'eiý
we will dance
Audio: 
2p: 
agaýyil'eiý
you all will dance
Audio: 
3p: 
has akçwal'eiý
they will dance
Audio: 
4: 
agaýdul'eiý
someone will dance
Audio: 

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél akñwal'eiý
I won't dance
Audio: 
2s: 
tlél akçeel'eiý
you won't dance
Audio: 
3s: 
tlél akçwal'eiý
s/he won't dance
Audio: 
1p: 
tlél agaýtool'eiý
we won't dance
Audio: 
2p: 
tlél agaýyil'eiý
you all won't dance
Audio: 
3p: 
tlél has akçwal'eiý
they won't dance
Audio: 
4: 
tlél agaýdul'eiý
nobody will dance; there will be no dancing
Audio: 

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
anñal'eiý
let me dance
Audio: 
3s: 
ançal'eiý
let him/her dance
Audio: 
1p: 
anaýtool'eiý
let us dance
Audio: 

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé oonçaal'eiýi yé
no way can s/he dance
Audio: 

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
oonçal'eiýín
s/he would have danced
Audio: 

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
al'éýni
if/when s/he dances
Audio: 

Example(s):

Taat kaanáý oonñal'eiýín.
I would have danced all night.
wé taat kaanaý has aawal'eiýi aa
the ones who danced all night
Toowú néekw ñaa kaa yéi teeyí, tlél oodul'eiý.
When there is sorrow, there's no dancing.
Sagúdé ayaý wooshýeiní aaçáa áwé adul'eiý.
At the end of a mourning period, then there's dancing.
Gáande yaa has agal'éých
They do the exit dance.