slap him/her/it; tag him/her

Theme: 
O-S-t'aach~ (ø act)
for S to slap O; for S to tag O (as in game of tag)
Naish-Story: 
ya-t'aach

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
T'ách!
Slap him/her/it!
2p: 
Yit'ách!
You all slap him/her/it!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl eet'áchýiñ!
Don't slap him/her/it!
2p: 
Líl yit'áchýiñ!
Don't you all slap him/her/it!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s: 
ýat'ácht
I'm slapping him/her/it
3s: 
at'ácht
s/he is slapping him/her/it

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwat'ácht
I'm not slapping him/her/it
3s: 
tlél oot'ácht
s/he isn't slapping him/her/it

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
at'áchý
s/he slaps him/her/it (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ýwaat'ách
I slapped him/her/it
3s: 
aawat'ách
s/he slapped him/her/it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwat'aach
I didn't slap him/her/it
3s: 
tlél awut'aach
s/he didn't slap him/her/it

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
[does not occur]

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél ýwat'aachch
I haven't slapped him/her/it yet
3s: 
tlél oot'aachch
s/he hasn't slapped him/her/it yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kuñwat'áach
I will slap him/her/it
3s: 
akçwat'áach
s/he will slap him/her/it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kuñwat'aach
I won't slap him/her/it
3s: 
tlél akçwat'aach
s/he won't slap him/her/it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
ñat'aach
let me slap him/her/it
3s: 
açat'aach
let him/her slap him/her/it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé ooçwaat'aaji yé
no way can s/he slap him/her/it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
ooçwat'aajín
s/he would have slapped him/her/it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
awut'aají
if/when s/he slaps him/her/it