good, fine, pretty
Theme:
O-ø-k'éi (ga state)
for O to be good, fine, pretty
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Naish-Story:
ya-k'ei Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Igak'éi!
Be good!
2p:
Yee gak'éi!
You all be good!
Imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl eek'eiyíñ!
Don't be good!
2p:
Líl yee k'eiyíñ!
Don't you all be good!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s:
ýat yak'éi
I'm good
2s:
iyak'éi
you're good
3s:
yak'éi
he/she/it is good
1p:
haa yak'éi
we're good
2p:
yee yak'éi
you all are good
3p:
has yak'éi
they're good
4:
ñuyak'éi / ñuwak'éi
people are good
Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
1s:
tlél ýat uk'é
I'm not good
2s:
tlél eek'é
you're not good
3s:
tlél uk'é
he/she/it is not good
1p:
tlél haa uk'é
we're not good
2p:
tlél yee uk'é
you all are not good
3p:
tlél has uk'é
they're not good
4:
tlél ñook'é
people are not good
Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
1s:
kei ýat nak'éin
I'm getting better
2s:
kei inak'éin
you're getting better
3s:
kei nak'éin
he/she/it is getting better
1p:
kei haa nak'éin
we are getting better
2p:
kei yee nak'éin
you all are getting better
3p:
kei has nak'éin
they are getting better
4:
kei ñunak'éin
people are getting better
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
kei k'éich
he/she/it gets better (regularly)
Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s:
yak'éi nooch
he/she/it is always good
Imperfective decessive (+) (used to do it)
3s:
k'éiyin
he/she/it used to be good
Imperfective decessive (-) (didn't used to do it)
3s:
tlél ook'éiyin
he/she/it didn't used to be good
Imperfective attributive (+) (the one who does it)
3s:
wé yak'éiyi aa
the good one
Perfective (+) (did it)
1s:
ýat wook'éi
I was good; I got better
2s:
iwook'éi
you were good; you got better
3s:
wook'éi
he/she/it was good; he/she/it got better
1p:
haa wook'éi
we were good; we got better
2p:
yee wook'éi
you all were good; you all got better
3p:
has wook'éi
they were good; they got better
4:
ñoowook'éi
people were good; people got better
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s:
tlél ýat wuk'éi
I wasn't good; I didn't get better
2s:
tlél iwuk'éi
you weren't good; you didn't get better
3s:
tlél wuk'éi
he/she/it wasn't good; he/she/it didn't get better
1p:
tlél haa wuk'éi
we weren't good; we didn't get better
2p:
tlél yee wuk'éi
you all weren't good; you all didn't get better
3p:
tlél has wuk'éi
they weren't good; they didn't get better
4:
tlél ñuwuk'éi
nobody was good; nobody got better
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s:
ýat gak'éich
I get better (every time)
2s:
igak'éich
you get better (every time)
3s:
gak'éich
he/she/it gets better (every time)
1p:
haa gak'éich
we get better (every time)
2p:
yee gak'éich
you all get better (every time)
3p:
has gak'éich
they get better (every time)
4:
ñugak'éich
people get better (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s:
tlél ýat gook'éich
I haven't gotten better yet
2s:
tlél igook'éich
you haven't gotten better yet
3s:
tlél gook'éich
he/she/it hasn't gotten better yet
1p:
tlél haa gook'éich
we haven't gotten better yet
2p:
tlél yee gook'éich
you all haven't gotten better yet
3p:
tlél has gook'éich
they haven't gotten better yet
4:
tlél ñugook'éich
nobody has gotten better yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
1s:
kei ýat guçak'éi
I will be good; I will get better
2s:
kei ikçwak'éi
you will be good; you will get better
3s:
kei kçwak'éi
he/she/it will be good; he/she/it will get better
1p:
kei haa kçwak'éi
we will be good; we will get better
2p:
kei yee kçwak'éi
you all will be good; you all will get better
3p:
kei has guçak'éi
they will be good; they will get better
4:
kei ñukçwak'éi
people will be good; people will get better
Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s:
tlél kei ýat guçak'éi
I won't be good; I won't get better
2s:
tlél kei ikçwak'éi
you won't be good; you won't get better
3s:
tlél kei kçwak'éi
he/she/it won't be good; he/she/it won't get better
1p:
tlél kei haa kçwak'éi
we won't be good; we won't get better
2p:
tlél kei yee kçwak'éi
you all won't be good; you all won't get better
3p:
tlél kei has guçak'ei
they won't be good; they won't get better
4:
tlél kei ñukçwak'ei
nobody will be good; nobody will get better
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s:
ýat gaçak'éi
let me be good
3s:
gaçak'éi
let him/her/it be good
1p:
haa kçak'éi
let us be good
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé kçwaak'éiyi yé
no way can he/she/it be good
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
guçak'éiyin
he/she/it would have been good
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
gak'éini
if/when he/she/it is good