play it (musical instrument)

Theme: 
O-S-l-.áaý~ (ø event)
for S to play O (musical instrument)
Naish-Story: 
li-.aaý
Notes: 
The form: ali.áých gives both a basic imperfective meaning "s/he is playing it" and a repetitive imperfective meaning "s/he plays it (regularly)".

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
La.áý!
Play it!
2p: 
Yila.áý!
You all play it!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl ila.áýjiñ!
Don't play it!
2p: 
Líl yil.áýjiñ!
Don't you all play it!

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

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
ali.áých
s/he plays it (regularly)

Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s: 
al.áý nooch
s/he always plays it

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ýwali.áý
I played it
3s: 
awli.áý
s/he played it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwala.aaý
I didn't play it
3s: 
tlél awul.aaý
s/he didn't play it

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
ýwala.aaých
I play it (every time)
3s: 
ool.aaých
s/he plays it (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél ýwala.aaých
I haven't played it yet
3s: 
tlél ool.aaých
s/he hasn't played it yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kuñala.áaý
I will play it
3s: 
aguýla.áaý
s/he will play it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kuñala.aaý
I won't play it
3s: 
tlél aguýla.aaý
s/he won't play it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
ñala.aaý
let me play it
3s: 
aýla.aaý
let him/her play it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé uýli.aaýi yé
no way can s/he play it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
uýla.aaýín
s/he would have played it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
al.áýni
if/when s/he plays it