happen

Theme: 
(yéi) at ø-nei (na event)
for something to happen
Naish-Story: 
A + ya-nee
Variants: 
-nee~ (An)

Paradigm Forms


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: 
yéi at yaneik
that's what happens (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
yéi at woonei
that's what happened

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél yéi at wunei
that didn't happen

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
yéi at naneich
that's what happens (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
tlél yéi at unaneich
that hasn't happened yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
yéi at guçanei
that will happen

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél yéi at guçanei
that won't happen

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
yéi at naçanei
let it happen

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé yéi at naçwaaneiyi yé
no way can that happen

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
naçwaneiyín
that would have happened

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
yéi at naneiní
if/when that happens