fast (at doing things)

Theme: 
O-ø-sátk (ga state)
for O to be fast (at doing things)
Naish-Story: 
ya-sátk
Variants: 
-sátkw

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Igasátk!
Be fast!
2p: 
Yee gasátk!
You all be fast!

Imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl eesátguñ
Don't be fast!
2p: 
Líl yee usátguñ!
Don't you all be fast!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s: 
aý yasátk
I'm fast
2s: 
iyasátk
you're fast
3s: 
yasátk
he/she/it is fast
1p: 
haa yasátk
we're fast
2p: 
yee yasátk
you all are fast
3p: 
has yasátk
they are fast
4: 
ñuyasátk
people are fast

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
1s: 
tlél aý usátk
I'm not fast
2s: 
tlél eesátk
you're not fast
3s: 
tlél usátk
it's not fast
1p: 
tlél haa usátk
we're not fast
2p: 
tlél yee usátk
you all are not fast
3p: 
tlél haa usátk
they are not fast
4: 
tlél ñoosátk
nobody is fast

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
1s: 
kei aý nasátk
I'm getting faster
2s: 
kei inasátk
you're getting faster
3s: 
kei nasátk
he/she/it is getting faster
1p: 
kei haa nasátk
we are getting faster
2p: 
kei yee nasátk
you all are getting faster
3p: 
kei has nasátk
they are getting faster
4: 
kei ñunasátk
people are getting faster

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
kei sátkch
s/he gets fast (repeatedly)

Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s: 
sátgi nooch
he/she/it is always fast

Imperfective decessive (+) (used to do it)
3s: 
sátgeen / sátgoon
he/she/it used to be fast

Imperfective decessive (-) (didn't used to do it)
3s: 
tlél usátgun
he/she/it didn't used to be fast

Imperfective attributive (+) (the one who does it)
3s: 
yasatgi aa
the fast one

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
aý woosátk
I was fast
2s: 
eewasátk
you were fast
3s: 
woosátk
he/she/it was fast
1p: 
haa woosátk
we were fast
2p: 
yee woosátk
you all were fast
3p: 
has woosátk
they were fast
4: 
ñoowoosátk
people were fast

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél aý wusátk
I wasn't fast
2s: 
tlél iwusátk
you weren't fast
3s: 
tlél wusátk
s/he wasn't fast
1p: 
tlél haa wusátk
we weren't fast
2p: 
tlél yee wusátk
you all weren't fast
3p: 
tlél has wusátk
they weren't fast
4: 
tlél ñuwusátk
nobody was fast

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
aý gasátkch
I get fast (every time)
2s: 
igasátkch
you get fast (every time)
3s: 
gasátkch
s/he gets fast (every time)
1p: 
haa gasátkch
we get fast (every time)
2p: 
yee gasátkch
you all get fast (every time)
3p: 
has gasátkch
they get fast (every time)
4: 
ñugasátkch
people get fast (every time)

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kei aý guçasátk
I will be fast
2s: 
kei ikçwasátk
you will be fast
3s: 
kei kçwasátk
he/she/it will be fast
1p: 
kei haa kçwasátk
we will be fast
2p: 
kei yee kçwasátk
you all will be fast
3p: 
kei has guçasátk
they will be fast
4: 
kei ñukçwasátk
people will be fast

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kei aý guçasátk
I won't be fast
2s: 
tlél kei ikçwasátk
you won't be fast
3s: 
tlél kei kçwasátk
he/she/it won't be fast
1p: 
tlél kei haa kçwasátk
we won't be fast
2p: 
tlél kei yee kçwasátk
you all won't be fast
3p: 
tlél kei has guçasátk
they won't be fast
4: 
tlél kei ñukçwasátk
nobody will be fast

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
aý gaçasátk
let me be fast
3s: 
gaçasátk
let him/her be fast
1p: 
haa kçasátk
let us be fast

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé guçaasátgu yé
no way can he/she/it be fast

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
guçasátgun
he/she/it would have been fast

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
gasátkni
if/when he/she/it is fast

Example(s):

Ñaa s'aatí neil yawusaayí áwé, ñugasátkch.
When the boss pokes her face in, people get fast.