hungry

Theme: 
N éet~ yaan ø-haa~ (ø event)
for N to be hungry
Naish-Story: 
A- + yaan + ya-haa

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: 
du éeý yaan haa
s/he gets hungry (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
aý éet yaan uwaháa
I'm hungry
3s: 
du éet yaan uwaháa
s/he is hungry

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél aý éet yaan wuhá
I'm not hungry
3s: 
tlél du éet yaan wuhá
s/he isn't hungry

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
aý éet yaan uyáaych
I get hungry (every time)
3s: 
du éet yaan uyáaych
s/he gets hungry (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél aý éet yaan uháaych
I haven't gotten hungry yet
3s: 
tlél du éet yaan uháaych
s/he hasn't gotten hungry yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
aý éede yaan guçwaháa
I will be hungry
3s: 
du éede yaan guçwaháa
s/he will be hungry

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél aý éede yaan guçwahaa
I won't be hungry
3s: 
tlél du éede yaan guçwahaa
s/he won't be hungry

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
aý éet yaan çahaa
let me be hungry
3s: 
du éet yaan çahaa
let him/her be hungry

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé du éet yaan çwaahaayi yé
no way can s/he be hungry

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
du éet yaan çwahaayín
s/he would have been hungry

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
du éet yaan wuhaayí
if/when s/he is hungry

Example(s):

Ch'u yéi jineiyí áwé du éeý yaan haa.
When he's working he gets hungry.
Kei wusgeedí áwé du éeý yaan haa.
When he wakes up he's hungry.
Wásh ýwaaýáa ách áwé tlél aý éet yaan wuhá.
I ate mush so I'm not hungry.