sit down (singular subject)

Theme: 
S-ø-nook~ (ça event)
for (singular) S to sit, sit down (esp. act of sitting)
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.