deep, thick, piled up (of snow, pine needles, etc)
Theme:
yan~ ka-ø-dlaan~ (ø motion)
for grain-like objects, pine needles, snow to be deep, thick, pile up
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Naish-Story:
ka-ya-dlaan Notes:
Note that some forms above require context in order to make sense. For example the hortative form: yan kaçadlaan might be said in the context "let the snow pile up more before you go out and shovel".
Paradigm Forms
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s:
yánde yaa kanadlán
it's beginning to pile up
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
[does not occur]
Perfective (+) (did it)
3s:
yan kaawadlán
it's piled up
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s:
tlél yan kawudlaan
it's not piled up; it didn't stick (of snow)
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
yan koodlaanch
it piles up (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s:
tlél yan koodlaanch
it hasn't piled up yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
3s:
yánde kakçwadláan
it's going to pile up
Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s:
tlél yánde kakçwadlaan
it's not going to pile up
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s:
let it pile up
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé yan kaçwaadlaani yé
no way can it pile up
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
yan kaçwadlaanín
it would have piled up
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
yan kawudlaaní
if/when it piles up
Example(s):
Yánde yaa kanadlán wé dleit, déiý aa yagiyee áyá daak wusitán.
The snow is beginning to pile up, it's the second day it's been snowing.
Wéi shaa kei wushtóogu, kél't yánde yaa kanadlán.
When the mountain erupts, ash begins to pile up.
Yan kawudlaaní tsá wéi dleit aaçáa tsá naçilatl'éet.
When the snow piles up, then you can shovel.