Having a Ceremony -hšę-
In Wyandot there are two main ways of talking about ceremony. One of them is a verb, not very surprising given the nature of the language.
iayehšęh I am holding, having a ceremony.
[ee-ah-yeh-shenh]
i- partitive – such
aye- 1st person singular patient – I
-hšę- verb root – to have, hold a ceremony
-h stative aspect
isahšęh You are holding, having a ceremony.
[ee-sah-shenh]
i- partitive – such
-sa- 2nd person singular patient – you (s)
-hšę- verb root – to have, hold a ceremony
-h stative aspect
iǫmahuhšęh We are holding, having a ceremony.
[ee-on-mah-hooh-shen]
i- partitive – such
-ǫma- 1st person plural patient – we
-hšę- verb root – to have, hold a ceremony
-h stative aspect
If you want to use the future, you have to use the future form of the auxiliary verb -yę- ‘to be’ after it. This does happen with some verbs, that take only the stative aspect.
iuhšęh eˀyęhk She will hold, have a ceremony.
iuhšęh She is holding, having a ceremony
[ee-ooh-shenh]
i- partitive – such
-u- feminine-zoic singular patient – she
-hšę- verb root – to have, hold a ceremony
-h stative aspect
eˀyęhk It will be.
[eh-eh-yenhk]
eˀ- future
-yę- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-hk punctual aspect
ihuhšęh eˀyęhk He will be holding, having a ceremony.
ihuhšęh He is holding, having a ceremony
[ee-hooh-shenh]
i- partitive – such
-hu- masculine singular patient – she
-hšę- verb root – to have, hold a ceremony
-h stative aspect
The noun stem formed from this verb root is -hšęhšr- ‘ceremony’
yahšęhšraˀ ceremony
[yah-shenh-shrah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-hšę- verb root – to have, hold a ceremony
-hšr- nominalizer
-aˀ noun suffix
With the verb root -ǫndi- ‘to make’ we can have sentences such as:
uhšęhšrǫndih She is making, holding, having a ceremony
[oo-shenh-shron-deeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient – she
-hšę- verb root – to have, hold a ceremony
-hšr- nominalizer
-ǫndi- verb root – to make
-h stative aspect