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