tow it

Theme: 
O-S-ø-ýaach~ (na motion)
for S to tow O (usually by boat)
Naish-Story: 
ya-ýaach

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Naýaach!
Tow it!
2p: 
Nayýaach!
You all tow it!

Repetitive imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl yoo eeýáchgiñ!
Don't tow it!
2p: 
Líl yoo yiýáchgiñ!
Don't you all tow it!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
1s: 
yaa nýaýách
I'm towing it
3s: 
yaa anaýách
s/he is towing it

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
yoo ayaýáchk
s/he tows it (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ýwaaýaach
I towed it
3s: 
aawaýaach
s/he towed it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ýwaýaach
I didn't tow it
3s: 
tlél awuýaach
s/he didn't tow it

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
naýaýáchch
I tow it (every time)
3s: 
anaýáchch
s/he tows it (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél naýwaýáchch
I haven't towed it yet
3s: 
tlél oonaýáchch
s/he hasn't towed it yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
kuñaýáach
I will tow it
3s: 
akçwaýáach
s/he will tow it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél kuñaýaach
I won't tow it
3s: 
tlél akçwaýaach
s/he won't tow it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
nañaýaach
let me tow it
3s: 
ançaýaach
let him/her tow it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé oonçwaaýaaji yé
no way can s/he tow it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
oonçwaýaajín
s/he would have towed it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
anaýáchni
if/when s/he tows it