live (at a place)

Theme: 
ñu-S-ø-.oo~ (na state)
for S to live, live at, dwell permanently
Naish-Story: 
ñu-ya-.oo
Notes: 
To specify where one lives, use: P-x' "at P". For example: Sheet'káx' ñuya.óo. "S/he lives in Sitka". Note that áa and áx' are synonymous, both meaning "there". Often when occuring directly before the verb, the preferred form is áa.

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Áa ñuna.oo!
Live there!
2p: 
Áa ñunay.oo!
You all live there!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl áa ñuyi.oowúñ!
Don't live there!
2p: 
Líl áa ñuyeey.oowúñ!
Don't you all live there!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
áa ñuya.óo / áa ñuwa.óo
s/he lives there

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
tlél áa ñoo.oo
s/he doesn't live there

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
[does not occur]

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
áa ñoowa.oo
s/he lived there

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél áa ñuwu.oo
s/he didn't live there

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
áa ñuna.eich
s/he lives there (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
áa ñukçwa.óo
s/he will live there

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél áa ñukçwa.oo
s/he won't live there

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
áa ñunça.oo
let him/her live there

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé áa ñoonçaa.oowu yé
no way can s/he live there

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
áa ñoonça.oowún
s/he would have lived there

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
áa ñuna.éini
if/when s/he lives there