Future
The future is the second most common modal. It is represented by -e- [eh]. It simply means will or shall. It usually takes the punctual aspect, but in a few instances (15 – 446 in the Narratives) it takes the purposive aspect.
ehutingyakaˀ They (m) will get married.
[eh-hoo-teen-gyah-kah-ah]
e- future
-huti- masculine plural patient – they (m)
-ngya- verb root – to marry
-kaˀ punctual aspect
eskǫnǫht I will take you back with me.
[eh-skon-nonht]
e- future
-s- repetitive
-kǫ- 1st person singular agent + 2nd person singular patient – I – you
-nǫht verb root – to take along + punctual aspect
teˀtreˀ He will come back.
[teh-eh-treh-eh]
t- dualic[1]
-eˀ- future
-t- cislocative
-r- masculine singular patient – he
-e- verb root – to come, go
-ˀ punctual aspect
tęšeˀtahaˀ You (s) will stand.
[ten-seh-eh-tah-hah-ah]
t- dualic[2]
-ę- future
še- 2nd person singular agent – you (s)
-ˀt- verb root – to stand
-aha- inchoative root suffix
-ˀ punctual aspect
ehšayęhąˀ You will go out.
[eh-sha-yen-han-an]
e- future
-hš- 2nd person singular agent – you
-ayę- verb root – to go out
-hą- inchoative root suffix
-ˀ punctual aspect
With Purposive Aspect
teˀuˀngyandiˀndeˀ It will not be a long time. It is not going to be a long time.
[teh-eh-oo-oon-gyan-dee-een-deh-eh]
t- negative
-eˀ- future
-u- feminine-zoic singular patient – it
-ˀngyandi- verb root – to be a long time
-ˀnd- dislocative root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
ewayerutsindeh A sled will be taking me. A sled is going to take me.
[eh-wah-yeh-roo-tseen-deh]
ew- future
-aye- feminine-zoic singular agent – 1st person singular patient – it – me
-ruts- noun root – sled
-ind- verb root – to drag
-eh purposive aspect
[1] The combination of the dualic and the cislocative has essentially the same meaning as the repetitive alone.
[2] The verb root -ˀt- ‘to stand’ automatically takes the dualic.