understand, comprehend him/her/it; hear him/her/it with understanding

Theme: 
O-ý'a-S-ø-.aaý~ (ø event)
for S to hear O with understanding; for S to understand, comprehend O
Naish-Story: 
ý'a-ya-.aaý

Paradigm Forms


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

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
1s: 
ý'aýaa.áých
I understand him/her (regularly)
3s: 
aý'aya.áých
s/he understands him/her (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
1s: 
ý'aýwaa.áý
I understood him/her
3s: 
aý'eiwa.áý
s/he understood him/her

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s: 
tlél ý'aýwa.aaý
I didn't understand him/her
3s: 
tlél aý'awu.aaý
s/he didn't understand him/her

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s: 
ý'eiýa.aaých
I understand him/her (every time)
3s: 
aý'ei.aaých
s/he understands him/her (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s: 
tlél ý'eiýa.aaých
I haven't understood him/her yet
3s: 
tlél aý'ei.aaých
s/he hasn't understood him/her yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
ý'akñwa.áaý
I will understand him/her
3s: 
aý'akçwa.áaý
s/he will understand him/her

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél ý'akñwa.aaý
I won't understand him/her
3s: 
tlél aý'akçwa.aaý
s/he won't understand him/her

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s: 
tlél aadé ý'eiñwaa.aaýu yé
no way can I understand him/her
3s: 
tlél aadé aý'eiçwaa.aaýu yé
no way can s/he understand him/her

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s: 
ý'eiñwa.aaýún
I would have understood him/her
3s: 
aý'eiçwa.aaýún
s/he would have understood him/her

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s: 
ý'aýwa.aaýú
if/when I understand him/her
3s: 
aý'awu.aaýú
if/when s/he understands him/her

Example(s):

Tlél ñool.áých ách áwé tlél aý'awu.aaý.
He's deaf, that's why he didn't hear her.
Tlél a daat tooshtí ách áwé tlél aý'ei.áých.
He's not paying attention, that's why he doesn't hear him.