understand, comprehend

Theme: 
N daa yaa ñu-shu-s-géi (ga state)
for N to understand, comprehend
Naish-Story: 
ñaa daa + yaa ñu-shu-si-gei

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
I daa yaa ñushuksagéi (dé)!
Understand (now)!
2p: 
Yee daa yaa ñushuksagéi (dé)!
You all understand (now)!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
du daa yaa ñushusigéi
s/he understands

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
tlél du daa yaa ñushusgé
s/he doesn't understand

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s: 
du daa kei yaa ñushunasgéin
s/he is beginning to understand

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
du daa kei yaa ñushusagéich
s/he understands (quickly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
du daa yaa ñushuwsigéi
s/he came to understand

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél du daa yaa ñushuwusgéi
s/he didn't come to understand

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
du daa yaa ñushuksagéich
s/he understands (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
tlél du daa yaa ñushuksagéich
s/he doesn't understand yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
du daa kei yaa ñushuguýsagéi
s/he will understand

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél du daa kei yaa ñushuguýsagéi
s/he won't understand

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
du daa yaa ñushugaýsagéi
let him/her understand

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé du daa yaa ñushuýsigéiyi yé
no way can s/he understand it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
du daa yaa ñushuýsageiyín
s/he would have understood it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
du daa yaa ñushuksagéini
if/when s/he understands it