work on it; do it

Theme: 
(yéi) O-daa-S-ø-nei~ (na act)
for S to do, perform O (a particular action); for S to work on O
Naish-Story: 
yéi + daa-ya-nei

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Yéi daanané!
Work on it!
2p: 
Yéi daanayné!
You all work on it!

Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl yéi daa.eenéiñ!
Don't do it!
2p: 
Líl yéi daa.yinéiñ!
Don't you all do it!

Imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl yéi daa.eeneiñ!
Don't work on it!
2p: 
Líl yéi daayeeneiñ!
Don't you all work on it!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
1s: 
yéi daaýanéi
I work on it; I am working on it
2s: 
yéi daa.eenéi
you work on it; you are working on it
3s: 
yéi adaanéi
s/he works on it; s/he is working on it
1p: 
yéi daatoonéi
we work on it; we are working on it
2p: 
yéi daaynéi
you all work on it; you all are working on it
3p: 
yéi (ha)s adaanéi
they work on it; they are working on it
4: 
yéi daadunéi
it is worked on; it is being worked on

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
1s: 
tlél yéi daaýwané
I don't work on it; I am not working on it
2s: 
tlél yéi daa.eené
you don't work on it; you aren't working on it
3s: 
tlél yéi adaa.uné
s/he doesn't work on it; s/he isn't working on it
1p: 
tlél yéi daatooné
we don't work on it; we aren't working on it
2p: 
tlél yéi daayné
you all don't work on it; you all aren't working on it
3p: 
tlél yéi (ha)s adaa.uné
they don't work on it; they aren't working on it
4: 
tlél yéi daaduné
nobody works on it; nobody is working on it

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
[does not occur - yéi yoo asineik preferred]

Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s: 
yéi adaanéi nooch
s/he always works on it

Imperfective decessive (+) (used to do it)
3s: 
yéi adaanéiyin
s/he used to work on it

Imperfective decessive (-) (didn't used to do it)
3s: 
tlél yéi adaa.uneiyín
s/he didn't used to work on it

Imperfective attributive (+) (the one who does it)
3s: 
wé yéi adaanei aa
the one who works on it

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
[does not occur - yéi awsinei preferred]

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
[does not occur - yéi anasneich preferred ]

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
[does not occur - tlél yéi oonasneich preferred]

Future (+) (going to do it)
1s: 
yéi daakñwanéi
I will work on it
2s: 
yéi daakçeenéi
you will work on it
3s: 
yéi adaakçwanéi
s/he will work on it
1p: 
yéi daagaýtoonéi
we will work on it
2p: 
yéi daagaýyinéi
you all will work on it
3p: 
yéi (ha)s adaakçwanéi
they will work on it
4: 
yéi daagaýdunéi
it will be worked on

Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s: 
tlél yéi daakñwanei
I won't work on it
2s: 
tlél yéi daakçeenei
you won't work on it
3s: 
tlél yéi adaakçwanei
s/he won't work on it
1p: 
tlél yéi daagaýtoonei
we won't work on it
2p: 
tlél yéi daagaýyinei
you all won't work on it
3p: 
tlél yéi (ha)s adaakçwanei
they won't work on it
4: 
tlél yéi daagaýdunei
it won't be worked on

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s: 
yéi daanñanei
let me work on it
3s: 
yéi adaançanei
let him/her work on it
1p: 
yéi daanaýtoonei
let us work on it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé yéi adaakçwaaneiyi yé
no way can s/he work on it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
yéi adaakçwanéiyin
s/he would have worked on it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
[does not occur - yéi anasneiní preferred]