dig it up

Theme: 
kei O-ka-S-ø-haa~ (ø motion)
for S to dig O up
Naish-Story: 
ka-ya-haa

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Kei kahá!
Dig it up!
2p: 
Kei kayhá!
You all dig it up!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl kei keeháayjiñ!
Don't dig it up!
2p: 
Líl kei keeyháayjiñ!
Don't you all dig it up!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
1s: 
kei kanýahéin
I'm digging it up
3s: 
kei akanahéin
s/he's digging it up

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
[does not occur]

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
kei kýwaaháa
I dug it up
3s: 
kei akaawaháa
s/he dug it up

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél kei kýwahá
I didn't dig it up
3s: 
tlél kei akawuhá
s/he didn't dig it up

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
kei kooýaháaych
I dig it up (every time)
3s: 
kei akooháaych
s/he digs it up (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél kei kooýaháaych
I haven't dug it up yet
3s: 
tlél kei akooháaych
s/he hasn't dug it up yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kei kakñwaháa
I will dig it up
3s: 
kei akakçwaháa
s/he will dig it up

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kei kakñwahaa
I won't dig it up
3s: 
tlél kei akakçwahaa
s/he won't dig it up

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
kei kañahaa
let me dig it up
3s: 
kei akçahaa
let him/her dig it up

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s: 
tlél aadé kei kñwaahaayi yé
no way can I dig it up
3s: 
tlél aadé kei akçwaahaayi yé
no way can s/he dig it up

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s: 
kei kñwahaayín
I would have dug it up
3s: 
kei akçwahaayín
s/he would have dug it up

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s: 
kei kýwahaayí
if/when I dig it up
3s: 
kei akawuhaayí
if/when s/he digs it up