hold it; capture it; hold it captive

Theme: 
O-S-l-sháat~ (ça act)
for S to hold, retain O in one's grasp; for S to capture, hold O captive
Naish-Story: 
li-shaat

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Çalsháat!
Hold it!
2p: 
Çaylasháat!
You all hold it!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl ilashádiñ!
Don't hold it!
2p: 
Líl yilashádiñ!
Don't you all hold it!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
alshát
s/he is holding it

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
tlél oolshát
s/he isn't holding it

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
yei alshátch
s/he holds it (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
awlisháat
s/he held it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél awulsháat
s/he didn't hold it

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
aýlashátch
s/he holds it (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
tlél ooçalshátch
s/he hasn't held it yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
yei aguýlasháat
s/he will hold it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél yei aguýlasháat
s/he won't hold it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
açaaýlasháat
let him/her hold it

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

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
açaaýwlasháadin
s/he would have held it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
açalshátni
if/when s/he holds it