Domestic Animals
-senę– – be a domestic animal of
ayesęnˀąh It is my domestic animal, my pet.
[ah-yeh-sen-en-anh]
aye- feminine-zoic singular agent + 1st person singular patient – it – my
–senę- verb root – be a domestic animal of
-ˀ- stative aspect
-ąh diminutive aspect suffix
sasęnˀąh It is your domestic animal, your pet.
[sah-sen-en-anh]
sa- feminine-zoic singular agent + 2nd person singular patient – it -you, your
–senę- verb root – be a domestic animal of
-ˀ- stative aspect
-ąh diminutive aspect suffix
husenęˀąh It is his domestic animal, his pet.
[hoo-sen-en-anh]
hu- feminine singular agent + masculine singular patient -it – him, his
–senę- verb root – be a domestic animal of
-ˀ- stative aspect
-ąh diminutive aspect suffix
usenęˀąh It is her domestic animal, her pet.
[oo-sen-en-anh]
u- feminine-zoic singular agent + feminine-zoic singular patient – it – her
–senę- verb root – be a domestic animal of
-ˀ- stative aspect
-ąh diminutive aspect suffix
Tuh iyaˀatsih sasęnˀąh What is your pet called?
iyaˀatsih She, it is called, named such.
[ee-yah-ah-tseeh]
i- partitive – such
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – she, it
ˀats- verb root – name, be named, called
-ih stative aspect
Trudy iyaˀatsih Trudy she is called.
Gus ihaˀatsih Gus he is called.
ihaˀatsih he is called, named such
[ee-hah-ah-tseeh]
i- partitive ‘such’
-ha- masculine singular agent – he
-ˀats- verb root – name, be named, called
-ih stative aspect
Noun for Domestic Animal, Pet: -ndaskw-
yandaskwaˀ domestic animal, pet
[yan-dah-skwah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ndaskw- noun root – domestic animal, pet
-aˀ noun suffix
hundaskwaęh He has a pet, pets.
[hoon-dah-skwa-enh]
hu- masculine singular patient – he
–ndaskw- noun root – domestic animal, pet
-aˀ noun suffix
-ę- verb root – have
-h stative aspect
undaskwaęh She has a pet, pets.
[oon-dah-skwa-enh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient – she
–ndaskw- noun root – domestic animal, pet
-aˀ noun suffix
-ę- verb root – have
-h stative aspect
Dog – bark – -nyęn-
yanyęnǫh It barks many times; it is a dog.
[yah-nyen-onh]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – she, it
-nyęn- verb root – bark
–nǫ- distributive – many times
-h stative aspect
yanyęnǫh teyǫhǫtetsihs They are long-eared dogs.
dogs they (f) have long ears
teyǫhǫtetsihs They (f) have long ears.
[teh-yon-hon-teh-tseehs]
te- dualic
-yǫ- feminine-zoic singular agent – they (f)
-hǫt- noun root – ear(s)
-ets- verb root – be long
-i- stative aspect
-hs plural aspect suffix
cat takuš
[tah-koosh]