listen to him/her (take time to listen)
Theme:
N ý'éide ñu-S-s-.aaý~ (na motion)
for S to (take time to) listen to N
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Naish-Story:
--- Notes:
One fluent speaker suggests the finer meaning "take time to listen" for this verb, thus distinguishing it slightly from the related verb: du ý'éit wusi.áý "s/he listened to, obeyed him/her".
Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Du ý'éide ñunees.aaý!
Listen to him/her!
2p:
Du ý'éide ñunayis.aaý!
You all listen to him/her
Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl du ý'éide yoo ñees.áýgiñ!
Don't listen to him/her!
2p:
Líl du ý'éide yoo ñayis.áýgiñ!
Don't you all listen to him/her!
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))
1s:
du ý'éide yoo ñuýdzi.áýk
I listen to him/her (regularly)
3s:
du ý'éide yoo ñudzi.áýk
s/he listens to him/her (regularly)
Perfective (+) (did it)
1s:
du ý'éide ñuýwdzi.aaý
I listened to him/her
3s:
du ý'éide ñuwdzi.aaý
s/he listened to him/her
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s:
tlél du ý'éide ñuýwas.aaý
I didn't listen to him/her
3s:
tlél du ý'éide ñuwus.aaý
s/he didn't listen to him/her
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s:
du ý'éide ñunýas.áých
I listen to him/her (every time)
3s:
du ý'éide ñunas.áých
s/he listens to him/her (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s:
tlél du ý'éide ñunýwas.áých
I haven't listened to him/her yet
3s:
tlél du ý'éide ñoonas.áých
s/he hasn't listened to him/her yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
1s:
du ý'éide ñukñwas.áaý
I will listen to him/her
3s:
du ý'éide ñukçwas.áaý
s/he will listen to him/her
Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s:
tlél du ý'éide ñukñwas.aaý
I won't listen to him/her
3s:
tlél du ý'éide ñukçwas.aaý
s/he won't listen to him/her
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s:
du ý'éide ñunñas.aaý
let me listen to him/her
3s:
du ý'éide ñunças.aaý
let him/her listen to him/her
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s:
tlél aadé du ý'éide ñoonñadzi.aaýi yé
no way can I listen to him/her
3s:
tlél aadé du ý'éide ñoonaýdzi.aaýi yé
no way can s/he listen to him/her
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s:
ñunñwas.aaýín
I would have listened to him/her
3s:
du ý'éide ñunçwas.aaýín
s/he would have listened to him/her
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s:
du ý'éide ñuýwas.aaýí
if/when I listen to him/her
3s:
du ý'éide ñuwus.aaýí
if/when s/he listens to him/her