sweep it
Theme:
O-S-ø-xéet' (ça act)
for S to sweep O (esp. floor)
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Naish-Story:
ya-xeet' Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
T'aa ká çaxéet'!
Sweep the floor!
2p:
T'aa ká çayxéet'!
You all sweep the floor!
Repetitive imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl t'aa ká yei eexéet'jiñ!
Don't sweep the floor!
2p:
Líl t'aa ká yei yixéet'jiñ!
Don't you all sweep the floor!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
t'aa ká axít'kw
s/he is sweeping the floor; s/he sweeps the floor
Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s:
tlél t'aa ká ooxít'kw
s/he doesn't sweep the floor
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
t'aa ká yei axéet'ch
s/he sweeps the floor (regularly)
Perfective (+) (did it)
3s:
t'aa ká aawaxéet'
s/he swept the floor
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s:
tlél t'aa ká awuxéet'
s/he didn't sweep the floor
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
t'aa ká açaxéet'ch
s/he sweeps the floor (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s:
tlél t'aa ká ooçaxéet'ch
s/he hasn't swept the floor yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
3s:
t'aa ká yei akçwaxéet'
s/he will sweep the floor
Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s:
tlél t'aa ká yei akçwaxéet'
s/he won't sweep the floor
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s:
t'aa ká açaaçaxéet'
let him/her sweep the floor
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé t'aa ká açaaçwaaxéet'i yé
no way can s/he sweep the floor
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
t'aa ká açaaçwaxéet'in
s/he would have swept the floor
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
t'aa ká çaxéet'ni
if/when s/he sweeps the floor