The Progressive in Wyandot
The Progressive adds the meaning of ‘go about, around, along’ , or ‘continues, continuing’ to the verb root. The stative aspect must come before it, no matter what aspect follows. The purposive is usually the aspect that follows it. It generally takes the form -haky-.
utemęhąkyeˀ She continues to go running away.
[oo-teh-men-han-kyeh-eh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘she’
-tem- verb root ‘to run away, flee’
-ę- stative aspect
-hąky- progressive root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
haǫdustihakyeˀ He is going around making it rain.
[hah-on-doo-stee-hah-kyeh-eh]
ha- masculine singular agent ‘he’
-ǫdu- verb root ‘to rain’
-st- causative-instrumental root suffix
-i- stative aspect
-haky- progressive root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
hutindramęhakyeˀ They (m) go about dancing.
[hoo-teen-drah-men-ha-kyeh-eh]
huti- masculine plural patient ‘they (m)’
-ndram- verb root ‘to dance’
-ę- stative aspect
-haky- progressive root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
awahatakyeˀa End of the path approaches.
[ah-wah-ha-tah-kyeh-eh-ah]
aw- factual
-ah- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘she’ + noun root ‘path’
-a- noun suffix
-ta- verb root ‘to end’ + stative aspect
-kye- progressive root suffix
-ˀa punctual aspect
huhtǫndehaˀkyeˀ He is continuing to make it.
[hooh-ton-deh-hah-ah-kyeh-eh]
hu- masculine singular patient ‘he’
-ht- semi-reflexive voice
-ǫnd- verb root ‘to make’
-e- stative aspect
-haˀky- progressive root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
hunęntuˀndihakyeˀ They (m) were growing, continuing to grow.
[hoo-nen-too-oon-dee-hah-kyeh-eh]
hun- masculine plural agent ‘they (m)’
-ęntu- verb root ‘to grow’
-ˀnd- inchoative root suffix
-i- stative aspect
-haky- progressive root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect