keep him/her awake

Theme: 
O-S-s-ýeiñ~ (ø event)
for S to keep O awake
Naish-Story: 
si-ýeiñ
Variants: 
O-S-s-ýeeñ~ (ø event)

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Saýéñ!
Keep him/her awake!
2p: 
Yisaýéñ!
You all keep him/her awake!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl yisaýeiçíñ!
Don't keep him/her awake!
2p: 
Líl yeeysaýeiçíñ!
Don't you all keep him/her awake!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
1s: 
ýasaýéñý
I keep him/her awake (regularly)
3s: 
ash saýéñý
he/she/it keeps him/her awake (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ýwasiýéñ
I kept him/her awake
3s: 
ash wusiýéñ
he/she/it kept him/her awake

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwasaýeiñ
I didn't keep him/her awake
3s: 
tlél ash wusýeiñ
he/she/it didn't keep him/her awake

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
ýwasaýéñch / uýsaýéñch
I keep him/her awake (every time)
3s: 
ash usýéñch
he/she/it keeps him/her awake (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél ýwasaýéñch / tlél uýsaýéñch
I haven't kept him/her awake yet
3s: 
tlél ash usýéñch
he/she/it hasn't kept him/her awake yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kuñwasaýéiñ
I will keep him/her awake
3s: 
ash guýsaýéiñ
he/she/it will keep him/her awake

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kuñwasaýeiñ
I won't keep him/her awake
3s: 
tlél ash guýsaýeiñ
he/she/it won't keep him/her awake

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
(ch'a) ñasaýéñ
(just) let me keep him/her awake
3s: 
(ch'a) ash çasaýéñ
(just) let him/her/it keep him/her awake

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s: 
tlél aadé ñwasiýéiçi yé
no way can I keep him/her awake
3s: 
tlél aadé ash uýsiýéiçi yé
no way can he/she/it keep him/her awake

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s: 
ñwasaýéçin
I would have kept him/her awake
3s: 
ash uýsaýéçin
he/she/it would have kept him/her awake

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s: 
ýwasaýeiçí
if/when I keep him/her awake
3s: 
ash wusýeiçí
if/when he/she/it keeps him/her awake