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Naish-Story:
ya-shee Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Gashí!
Sing it!
2p:
Gayshí!
You all sing it!
Imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl eeshéeñ!
Don't sing it!
2p:
Líl yishéeñ!
Don't you all sing it!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s:
ýashí
I sing it; I am singing it
3s:
ashí
s/he sings it; s/he is singing it
Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
1s:
tlél ýwashí
I don't sing it; I'm not singing it
3s:
tlél ooshí
s/he doesn't sing it; s/he isn't singing it
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
kei akashéech
s/he sings it (regularly)
Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s:
ashée nuch
s/he's always singing it
Imperfective decessive (+) (used to do it)
3s:
ashéeyin
s/he used to sing it
Imperfective decessive (-) (didn't used to do it)
3s:
tlél ooshéeyin
s/he didn't used to sing it
Imperfective attributive (+) (the one who does it)
3s:
wé ashi aa
the one who sings it
Perfective (+) (did it)
1s:
ýwaashee
I sang it
3s:
aawashee
s/he sang it
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s:
tlél ýwashee
I didn't sing it
3s:
tlél awushee
s/he didn't sing it
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
[does not occur]
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s:
tlél gooýasheech
I haven't sung it yet
3s:
tlél agoosheech
s/he hasn't sung it yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
1s:
kei kñwashée
I will sing it
3s:
kei akçwashée
s/he will sing it
Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s:
tlél kei kñwashee
I won't sing it
3s:
tlél kei akçwashee
s/he won't sing it
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s:
gañashee
let me sing it
3s:
akçashee
let him/her sing it
1p:
gaýtooshee
let us sing it
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé akçwaasheeyi yé
no way can s/he sing it
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
akçwasheeyín
s/he would have sung it
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
agashéeni
if/when s/he sings it
Example(s):
Tlél yan koodushéeych.
They haven't finished the song yet.
Tlél yaý koodushee.
The song isn't finished (due to the fact that they are still in mourning).