tell a legend
Theme:
O-S-ø-tlaakw~ (ø act)
for S to tell, recount, narrate O (legend, myth, fairy tale, etc.)
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Naish-Story:
ya-tlaakw Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Ñoon atlákw!
Tell people a legend!
2p:
Ñoon eetlákw!
You all tell people a legend!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
ñoon atláakw
s/he is telling people a legend; s/he tells people legends
Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s:
tlél ñoon ootlaakw
s/he doesn't tell people legends
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
ñoon atlákwý
s/he tells people a legend (regularly)
Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s:
ñoon atláakw nooch
s/he always tells people legends
Perfective (+) (did it)
3s:
ñoon aawatlákw
s/he told people a legend
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s:
tlél ñoon awutlaakw
s/he didn't tell people a ledend
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
ñoon ootlákwch
s/he tells people a legend (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s:
tlél ñoon ootlákwch
s/he hasn't told people a legend yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
3s:
ñoon akçwatláakw
s/he will tell people a legend
Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s:
tlél ñoon akçwatlaakw
s/he won't tell people a legend
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s:
ñoon açatlákw
let him/her tell people a legend
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé ñoon açwaatlaagu yé
no way can s/he tell people a legend
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
ñoon açwatlaagún
s/he would have told people a legend
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
ñoon atlákwni
if/when s/he tells people a legend