Dancing in Wyandot – ndrawa- ‘to dance’
sandrawaˀ Dance! (said to one person)
[san-drah-wah-ah]
sa- imperative + 2nd person singular agent ‘you (s)’
-ndrawa- verb root ‘to dance’
-ˀ imperative aspect
tsindrawaˀ Dance! (said to more than one person)
[tseen-drah-wah-ah]
tsi- imperative + 2nd person plural agent ‘you (p)’
-ndrawa- verb root ‘to dance’
-ˀ imperative aspect
tindrawaˀ Let’s dance (you and I).
[teen-drah-wah-ah]
ti- imperative + 1st person inclusive dual agent ‘us’
-ndrawa- verb root ‘to dance’
-ˀ imperative aspect
kwandrawaˀ Let’s dance (talking to a group).
[kwan-drah-wah-ah]
kwa- imperative + 1st person inclusive plural agent ‘us’
-ndrawa- verb root ‘to dance’
-ˀ imperative aspect
yandrawahšraˀ dance (noun stem)
[yan-drah-wah-shrah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-ndrawa- verb root, ‘to dance’
-hšr- nominalizer
-aˀ noun suffix
yandrawahšranǫwehs She loves, likes, is fond of dancing.
[yan-drah-wah-shrah-non-wehs]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘she’
-ndrawa- verb root, ‘to dance’
-hšr- nominalizer
-a- noun suffix
-nǫwe- verb root, ‘to like, love, be fond of’
-hs habitual aspect suffix
ahatindrawaˀ They (mixed group or only males) just began dancing
[ah-hah-teen-drah-wah-ah]
a- factual
-hati- masculine plural plural agent ‘they (m)’
-ndrawa- verb, ‘to dance’
-ˀ punctual aspect
ayandrawaˀ She just began dancing
[ah-yan-drah-wah-ah]
a- factual
-ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘she’
-ndrawa- verb root, ‘to dance’
-ˀ punctual
eyandrawaˀ She will dance.
[eh-yan-drah-wah-ah]
e- future prefix
-ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘she’
-ndrawa- verb root, ‘to dance’
-ˀ punctual aspect
eyendrawaˀ I will dance.
[eh-yen-drah-wah-ah]
e- future
-ye- 1st person singular agent ‘I’
-ndrawa– verb root, ‘to dance’
-ˀ punctual aspect
hatindrawaheˀ They (mixed or all male) are going to dance.
[hah-teen-drah-wah-heh-eh]
hati- masculine plural agent ‘they (m)’
-ndrawa- verb root, ‘to dance’
-h- dislocative root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
atindrawahs They (female) often dance, frequently dance.
[ah-teen-drah-wahs]
ati- feminine-zoic plural agent ‘they (f)’
-ndrawa- verb root ‘to dance’
-hs habitual aspect
atindrawahskwaˀ They (f) often used to dance, frequently danced.
[ah-teen-drah-wahs-kwah-ah]
ati- feminine-zoic plural agent ‘they (f)’
-ndrawa- verb root ‘to dance’
-hs habitual aspect
-kwaˀ past aspect suffix
hutindramęh They (masculine or mixed) were dancing (a short time ago).
[hoo-teen-drah-menh]
huti- masculine plural patient ‘they (m)’
-ndram- verb root ‘to dance’
–ęh stative aspect
utindramęnęh They (female) danced, a long time ago.
[oo-teen-drah-men-en]
huti- feminine-zoic plural patient ‘they (m)’
-ndram- verb root ‘to dance’
-ę- stative aspect
-nęh past aspect suffix