good, fine, pretty

Theme: 
O-ø-k'éi (ga state)
for O to be good, fine, pretty
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