Climb, Perch and Descend
Climb -ratę-
haratęˀ He climbed.
[hah-rah-ten-en]
ha- masculine singular agent – he
-ratę- verb root – climb
-ˀ stative aspect
tuh ahatinyǫˀ de karhiˀ[t] d’ uratętih
there they (m) arrived the where there is a tree the it climbed up a place
They arrived where the tree is that it climbed up.
uratętih She or it climbed up a place
[oo-rah-ten-teeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient – she or it
-ratę- verb root – climb
-t- causative root suffix
-ih stative aspect
usayaratęˀ She or it again climbed.
[oo-sah-yah-rah-ten-en]
u- factual
-s- repetitive
-a- factual
-ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – she or it
-ratę- verb root – climb
-ˀ punctual aspect
Perch – -(ʼ)ngyę(h/ʼ)šra-
hangyęhšraˀ He perched.
[han-gyenh-shrah-ah]
ha- masculine singular agent – he
-ngyęhšra- verb root – perch
-ˀ stative aspect
tuh taˀngyęˀšraˀ He is perched there.
There where he is perched
taˀngyęˀšraˀ It is where he is perched.
[tah-han-gyen-en-shrah-ah]
t- cislocative
-a- masculine singular agent – he
-ˀngyęˀšra- verb root – perch
-ˀ stative aspect
tahatingyęnšranyǫˀkyeˀ nde henǫmeh
they (m) are going around perched (e.g., horseback riding) those they (m) are humans
Those who are humans are going around horseback riding.
tahatingyęnšranyǫˀkyeˀ They (m) are going around perched on something.
[tah-hah-teen-gyen-shran-yon-on-kyeh-eh]
t- cislocative
-a- factual
-hati- masculine plural agent – they (m)
-ngyęnšr- verb root – perch
-anyǫ- dislocative root suffix
-ˀ- stative aspect
-ky- progressive root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
Descend -atehstę-
tehutahatehstęh He did not descend, come down.
[teh-hoo-tah-hah-teh-sten]
te- negative
-hu- factual
-t- negative
-a- factual
-h- masculine singular agent
-atehstę- verb root – descend
-h punctual aspect
sayetehstęh I am descending again.
[sah-yeh-teh-stenh]
s- repetitive
-ay- 1st person singular patient – I
-atehstę- verb root – descend
-h stative aspect
tawatehstęˀ She descended.
[tah-wah-teh-sten-en]
t- dualic
-aw- factual
-atehstę- verb root – descend
-ˀ punctual aspect