Conjuct and Independant Verbs Flashcards
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With “Pîhtwâ” meaning “to smoke” How would you say “I am smoking” and “I smoke”? And which is the conjunct and which is the Independant?
“I am smoking” would the Conjunct form: “Epîhtwâyân”
“I smoke” would be the Independent form “Nipîhtwân”
What Prefix and Suffix should be used for a First-Person Singular, Independent verb?
The prefix is “ni”, and the suffix is “n”.
What Prefix and Suffix should be used for a Second-Person Singular, Independent verb?
The prefix is “ki” and the suffix is “n”.
What Prefix and Suffix should be used for a Third-Person Singular, Independent verb?
There is no prefix, the suffix is “w”.
What Prefix and Suffix should be used for a First-Person plural, Independent verb? (We, excluding the listener).
The prefix is “ni” and the suffix is “nân”.
What Prefix and Suffix should be used for a Second-Person, Inclusive, Independent Verb? ( We, including the listener.)
The prefix is “ki” and the suffix is “naw”.
What Prefix and Suffix should be used for a Second-person, Plural, Independent Verb? (Y’all)
The prefix is “ki” and the suffix is “Nâwâw”.
What Prefix and Suffix should be used for a Third-person, Plural, Independent Verb? (They)
There is no prefix, the suffix is “wak”.
What is the Prefix for all conjunct forms of verbs?
Either “e”, or “eh” if there is a vowel at the start of the vowel.
For First-Person, singular, conjunct verbs, what suffix is used? (I)
The suffix is “Yân”.
For Second-Person, singular, conjunct verbs, what suffix is used? (You)
The suffix is “yan”, with the “a” being silent.
For Third-Person, singular, conjunct verbs, what suffix is used? (He/She)
The suffix is “t”.
For First-Person, plural, conjunct verbs, what suffix is used? (We are, excluding listener).
The suffix is “Yâhk”.
For Second-Person, Inclusive, Conjunct verbs what suffix is used?
The Suffix is “Yahk”, with the “a” being silent.
For Second-Person, Plural, Conjunct verbs, what suffix is used?
The suffix is “yek”.
For Third-Person, Plural, Conjunct verbs, what suffix is used?
The suffix is “cik”.
For Third-Person, Gossip, Conjunct verbs, what suffix is used?
The suffix is “yit”.
What is the Third-Personal, Singular, Conjunct Form for the work “Nipâ”. Also what is the meaning of the conjunct form in english?
The Third-Person, Singular Conjunct form is “Enipât”, and it means he/she is sleeping.
What is the Third-Personal, Plural, Conjunct Form for the word “Nipâ”. Also what is the meaning of the conjunct form in english?
The Third-Person, Plural Conjunct form is “Enipâcik”, and it means .
What is the First-Person, Singular, Independent form of the word “Pimohte”? What is its meaning?
“Nipimoten”, and it means “I walk”.
What is the Second-Person, Singular, Independent form of the word “Atoske”? What is its meaning?
“Kitatoskân”, and it means “You work”. Note that a “t” has been added to the end of “ki” because of the vowel at the start of the word, and the “â” replaced the “e” on the end because of the vowel on the end. Both of these are only for the first and second person modes.
Fill out the following chart in your head: -INDEPENDANT- 1S- 2S- 3S- 3P- 1P- 2I- 2P- 3'-
1S-ni- -n 2Ski -n 3S- -w 3P- -wak 1P-ni- -nân 2I-ki- -naw 2P-ki- -nâwâw 3'- -yiwa
Fill out the following chart in your head: -CONJUNCT- 1S- 2S- 3S- 3P- 1P- 2I- 2P- 3'-
1S-e(h) -yân 2S-e(h) -yan 3S-e(h) -t 3P-e(h) -cik 1P-e(h) -yâhk 2I-e(h) -yahk 2P-e(h) -yek 3'-e(h) -yit
What transformation happens to verbs ending with an e for 1st and 2nd person independent verbs?
The e becomes an â.
