sharpen it (esp. knife, with a grindstone)

Theme: 
O-ya-S-ø-çéel'~ (ø act)
for S to sharpen O (with a grindstone)
Naish-Story: 
ya-ya-çeel'

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Yaçíl'!
Sharpen it!
2p: 
Yeeyçíl'!
You all sharpen it!

Repetitive imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl yeeçíl'ýiñ!
Don't sharpen it!
2p: 
Líl yeeyçíl'ýiñ!
Don't you all sharpen it!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s: 
yaýaçéel'
I am sharpening it
3s: 
ayaçéel'
s/he is sharpening it

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
ayaçíl'ý
s/he sharpens it (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
yaýwaaçíl'
I sharpened it
3s: 
ayaawaçíl'
s/he sharpened it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél yaýwaçéel'
I didn't sharpen it
3s: 
tlél ayawuçéel'
s/he didn't sharpen it

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
yooýaçíl'ch
I sharpen it (every time)
3s: 
awuçíl'ch
s/he sharpens it (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél yooýaçíl'ch
I haven't sharpened it yet
3s: 
tlél awuçíl'ch / tlél ayuçíl'ch
s/he hasn't sharpened it yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
yakñwaçéel'
I will sharpen it
3s: 
ayakçwaçéel'
s/he will sharpen it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél yakñwaçéel'
I won't sharpen it
3s: 
tlél ayakçwaçéel'
s/he won't sharpen it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
yañaçéel'
let me sharpen it
3s: 
ayaçaçéel'
let him/her sharpen it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé ayaçwaaçéel'i yé
no way can s/he sharpen it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
ayaçwaçéel'in
s/he would have sharpened it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
ayaçíl'ni
if/when s/he sharpens it