Giving Thanks in Wyandot
tižamęh thank you
[tee-zhah-menh]
Imperatives
Give thanks, thank: -atǫˀmes-
satǫˀmes Give thanks. (said to one person)
[sah-ton-on-mehs]
s- imperative prefix + 2nd person singular ‘you (s)’
-atǫˀmes- verb root ‘to give thanks’ + imperative aspect
satǫˀmesǫnyǫˀ Give many thanks.
[sah-ton-on-meh-son-yon-on]
s- imperative prefix + 2nd person singular ‘you (s)’
-atǫˀmes- verb root ‘to give thanks’
-ǫnyǫ- distributive root suffix
-ˀ imperative aspect
tsatǫˀmes Give thanks. (said to more than one person)
[tsah-ton-on-mehs]
ts- imperative prefix + 2nd person plural ‘you’
-atǫˀmes- verb root ‘to give thanks’ + imperative aspect
kyatǫˀmes Let us give thanks (said to one person)
ky- imperative prefix + 1st person inclusive dual agent ‘us’
-atǫˀmes- verb root ‘to give thanks’ + imperative aspect
kwatǫˀmes Let us (plural) give thanks.
kw- imperative + 1st person inclusive plural agent ‘us’
-atǫˀmes- verb root ‘to give thanks’ + imperative aspect
kwatǫˀmesǫnyǫˀ Let us give many thanks.
kw- imperative + 1st person inclusive plural ‘us’
-atǫˀmes- VR ‘to give thanks’
-ǫnyǫ- distributive
-ˀ imperative aspect
Statements of Thanks
yǫtǫˀmesęh I am giving you thanks, I am thanking you
[yon-ton-on-meh-senh]
yǫ- 1st person singular agent + 2nd person singular patient ’I to you’
–tǫˀmes– verb root ‘to give thanks’
-ęh stative aspect
ayǫtǫˀmes I thanked you.
[ah-yon-ton-on-mehs]
a- factual
yǫ- 1st person singular agent + 2nd person singular patient ’I to you’
–tǫˀmes– verb root ‘to give thanks’ + punctual aspect
askatǫˀmes You thanked me.
[ah-skah-ton-on-mehs]
a- factual
-sk- 2nd person singular agent + 1st person singular patient ’you to I‘
-atǫˀmes verb root ‘to give thanks’ + punctual aspect
šatǫmesǫnyǫˀ You are giving, have given many thanks
[shah-ton-meh-son-yon-on]
š- 2nd person singular agent ‘you (s)’
–atǫˀmes– verb root ‘to give thanks’
-ǫnyǫ distributive root suffix
-ˀ stative aspect
ǫdaˀe hatatǫˀmestha He shows his thanks with that.
[on-dah-ah-eh]
that
hatatǫˀmestha
[hah-tah-ton-on-mehst-ha]
h- masculine singular agent ‘he’
–atǫˀmes– verb root ‘to give thanks’
-st- causative-instrumental root suffix ‘to do with’
-ha habitual aspect (‘often, frequently’)