difficult, almost impossible, hard (in abstract), frustrating
Theme:
O-l-dzée (ga state)
for O to be very difficult, frustrating, almost impossible, hard, (in abstract)
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Naish-Story:
li-dzee Paradigm Forms
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
lidzée
it's difficult
Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s:
tlél uldzée
it's not difficult
Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s:
kei naldzéen
it's getting difficult
Progressive imperfective (-) (not (in the process of) doing it)
3s:
tlél kei unaldzéen
it's getting easier
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
kei ladzéech
it gets difficult (regularly)
Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s:
ladzée nooch
it's always difficult
Imperfective attributive (+) (the one who does it)
3s:
wé lidzéeyi aa
the difficult one
Perfective (+) (did it)
3s:
wulidzée
it became difficult
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s:
tlél wuldzée
it didn't get difficult
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
galadzéech
it gets difficult (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s:
tlél gooldzéech
it hasn't gotten difficult yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
3s:
kei guýladzée
it will be difficult
Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s:
tlél kei guýladzée
it won't be difficult
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s:
gaýladzée
let it be difficult
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé guýlidzéeyi yé
no way can it be difficult
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
guýladzéeyin
it would have been difficult
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
galadzéeni
if/when it is difficult
Example(s):
Aý jee lidzée wé kasné.
Knitting is difficult for me.
Du tuwóo lidzée.
S/he's a difficult, stubborn person
Aý tuwáa lidzée.
It looks difficult to me.
Wulidzée ñustí.
Life was difficult.
Kei guýladzée ináñ yaa ñunatín
It will be difficult to leave you.