sit down (singular subject)
Theme:
S-ø-nook~ (ça event)
for (singular) S to sit, sit down (esp. act of sitting)
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Naish-Story:
ya-nook
Plural:
ñee Notes:
Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Çanú!
Sit down!
Repetitive imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl yei eenúkjiñ!
Don't sit down!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
1s:
yei nýanúk
I am sitting down
2s:
yei neenúk
you are sitting down
3s:
yei nanúk
s/he is sitting down
Progressive imperfective (-) (not (in the process of) doing it)
1s:
tlél yei nýwanúk
I'm not sitting down
2s:
tlél yei neenúk
you're not sitting down
3s:
tlél yei unanúk
s/he's not sitting down
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
áa yei núkch
s/he sits there (regularly)
Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Imperfective decessive (+) (used to do it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Perfective (+) (did it)
1s:
ýwaanook
I sat down
2s:
yeenook
you sat down
3s:
woonook
s/he sat down
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s:
tlél ýwanook
I didn't sit down
2s:
tlél yinook
you didn't sit down
3s:
tlél wunook
s/he didn't sit down
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s:
ñanúkch
I sit down (every time)
2s:
çeenúkch
you sit down (every time)
3s:
çanúkch
s/he sits down (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s:
tlél ñwanúkch
I haven't sat down yet
2s:
tlél çeenúkch
you haven't sat down yet
3s:
tlél çwanúkch
s/he hasn't sat down yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
1s:
yei kñwanóok
I will sit down
2s:
yei kçeenóok
you will sit down
3s:
yei kçwanóok
s/he will sit down
Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s:
tlél yei kñwanook
I won't sit down
2s:
tlél yei kçeenook
you won't sit down
3s:
tlél yei kçwanook
s/he won't sit down
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s:
çaañanook
let me sit down
3s:
çaaçanookw
let him/her sit down
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé çwaaçaanoogu yé
no way can s/he sit down
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
çwaaçanoogún
s/he would have sat down
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
çanúkni
if/when s/he sits down
Example(s):
Çanúkni du ý'éiý at gaýtootée.
When he sits down, we'll serve him.
Áa çanúkjin.
She used to sit there.
A káa yei nukji káayaçijeit áwé.
That's the chair he always sits in.
Tlél ýwasakú yei kçwanoogú.
I don't know if she will sit down.
Tleeyéi çanúkch.
She sits still (every time).
Taat kanaý çanúkch.
She sits up all night.
Ch'u tlei a káa ýwanoogú nall'íx'ch wé káayaçijeit ý'oosí.
When I sit on it, the chair leg breaks.