pick berries

Theme: 
ñu-S-ø-k'éet'~ (ø act)
for S to pick berries (esp. pick in quantity to take home)
Naish-Story: 
ñu-ya-k'eet'

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Ñuk'ít'!
Pick berries!
2p: 
Ñuyk'ít'!
You all pick berries!

Imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl ñeek'éet'iñ!
Don't pick berries!
2p: 
Líl ñuyk'éet'iñ!
Don't you all pick berries!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
ñuk'éet'
s/he is picking berries

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
tlél ñook'éet'
s/he isn't picking berries

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
ñuk'ít'ý
s/he picks berries (regularly)

Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s: 
ñuk'éet' nooch
s/he always picks berries

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
ñoowak'ít'
s/he picked berries

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél ñoowuk'éet'
s/he didn't pick berries

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
ñook'éet'ch
s/he picks berries (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
tlél ñook'éet'ch
s/he hasn't picked berries yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
ñukçwak'éet'
s/he will pick berries

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél ñukçwak'éet'
s/he won't pick berries

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
ñuçak'ít'
let him/her pick berries

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé ñooçwaak'éet'i yé
no way can s/he pick berries

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
ñooçwak'éet'in
s/he would have picked berries

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
ñuk'ít'ni
if/when s/he picks berries