sweep
Theme:
S-d-xéet' (ça act)
for S to sweep
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Naish-Story:
ya-xeet' Notes:
Tlél udaxít'k which literally translates as 's/he doesn't sweep' is an expression commonly used to insinuate that the person is slovenly, lazy.
Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Çidaxéet'!
Sweep!
2p:
Çaydaxéet'!
You all sweep!
Repetitive imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl yei idaxéet'jiñ!
Don't sweep!
2p:
Líl yei yidaxéet'jiñ!
Don't you all sweep!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
daxít'kw
s/he is sweeping; s/he sweeps
Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s:
tlél udaxít'kw
s/he isn't sweeping; s/he doesn't sweep
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
yei daxéet'ch
s/he sweeps (regularly)
Perfective (+) (did it)
3s:
wudixéet'
s/he swept
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s:
tlél wudaxéet'
s/he didn't sweep
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
[does not occur]
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s:
tlél çwadaxéet'ch
s/he hasn't swept yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
3s:
yei guýdaxéet'
s/he will sweep
Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s:
tlél yei guýdaxéet'
s/he won't sweep
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s:
çaaýdaxéet'
let him/her sweep
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé çaaýwdixéet'i yé
no way can s/he sweep
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
çaaýwdaxéet'in
s/he would have swept
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
çadaxéet'ni
if/when s/he sweeps