find it

Theme: 
O-S-ø-t'ei (ga event)
for S to find O (usually as the result of searching)
Naish-Story: 
ya-t'ei

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Gat'ei!
Find it!
2p: 
Gayt'ei!
You all find it!

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

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
kei at'eich
s/he finds it (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ýwaat'ei
I found it
2s: 
yeet'ei
you found it
3s: 
aawat'ei
s/he found it
1p: 
wutuwat'ei
we found it
2p: 
yeeyt'ei
you all found it
3p: 
has aawat'ei
they found it
4: 
wuduwat'ei
someone found it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwat'ei
I didn't find it
2s: 
tlél yit'ei
you didn't find it
3s: 
tlél awut'ei
s/he didn't find it
1p: 
tlél wutoot'ei
we didn't find it
2p: 
tlél yeeyt'ei
you all didn't find it
3p: 
tlél has awut'ei
they didn't find it
4: 
tlél wudut'ei
nobody found it

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

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kei kñwat'ei
I will find it
2s: 
kei gaçeet'ei
you will find it
3s: 
kei akçwat'ei
s/he will find it
1p: 
kei gaýtoot'ei
we will find it
2p: 
kei gaýyit'ei
you all will find it
3p: 
kei (ha)s akçwat'ei
they will find it
4: 
kei gaýdut'ei
someone will find it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kei kñwat'ei
I won't find it
2s: 
tlél kei gaçeet'ei
you won't find it
3s: 
tlél kei akçwat'ei
s/he won't find it
1p: 
tlél kei gaýtoot'ei
we won't find it
2p: 
tlél kei gaýyit'ei
you all won't find it
3p: 
tlél kei (ha)s akçwat'ei
they won't find it
4: 
tlél kei gaýdut'ei
nobody will find it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
gañat'ei
let me find it
3s: 
akçat'ei
let him/her find it
1p: 
gaýtoot'ei
let us find it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé akçwaat'eiyi yé
no way can s/he find it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
akçwat'eiyín
s/he would have found it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
awut'eiyí
if/when s/he finds it