Who/Which One
tsinęęh Who (is it)? Which one (is it)?
[tseeh-nenh-enh]
Question
tsinęęh tsiwey Who is your spouse?
who? you two are together
tsiwey You two are together, spouses; your spouse
[tsee-wey]
tsi- 2nd person dual agent ‘You two’
-wey- verb root ‘to be together’ + stative aspect
Answer
ǫndaeˀ aiwey Angie Angie is my spouse, wife.
aiwey We two are together, spouses.
[ah-ee-wey]
ai 1st person exclusive dual agent ‘we two (x)’
-wey- verb root ‘to be together’ + stative aspect
Question
tsinęęh tsatęruˀ Who is one is your friend?
who?
tsatęruˀ You two are friends.
[tsah-ten-roo-oo]
ts- 2nd person dual patient ‘you two’
-atęru- verb root ‘to be friends’[1]
-ˀ stative aspect
Answer
ǫndaeˀ ǫnyatęruˀ Angie Angie is my friend.
that one we two are friends
ǫnyatęruˀ We two are friends.
[on-yah-ten-roo-oo]
ǫny- 1st person dual patient ‘we two’
-atęru– verb root ‘to be friends’
-ˀ stative aspect
Question
tsinęęh huˀndamęh Who is he who owns the arrow?
who?
huˀndamęh He owns the arrow.
[hoo-oon-dah-menh]
hu- masculine singular patient ‘he’
-ˀnd- noun root ‘arrow’
-a- noun suffix
-mę- verb root ‘to have’
-h stative aspect
Answer
ǫndaeˀ huˀndamęh Tsayętsuwat
that one he owns the arrow Great Forehead
[tsah-yen-tsoo-waht]
Question
tsinęęh eyandaˀurahaˀ d euwehskwaˀtęˀ
who? one will have the ability who one will make her laugh
Who will have the ability to make her laugh?
eyandaˀurahaˀ One will have the ability.
[eh-yan-dah-ah-oo-rah-hah-ah]
e- future
-ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘one’
-ndaˀura- verb root ‘to have ability’
-haˀ inchoative root suffix + punctual aspect
euwehskwaˀtęˀ One will make her laugh.
[eh-oo-weh-skwah-ah-ten-en]
e- future
-u- feminine-zoic singular agent + feminine-zoic singular patient ‘one- her’
-wehskwa- verb root ‘to laugh’
-ˀt- causative root suffix
-ęˀ dative root suffix + punctual aspect
Answer
ǫndaeˀ ehandaˀurahaˀ John John will have the ability.
that one he will have the ability
ehandaˀurahaˀ He will have the ability.
[eh-han-dah-ah-oo-rah-hah-ah]
e- future
-ha- masculine singular agent ‘he’
-ndaˀura- verb root ‘to have ability, power’
-ha inchoative root suffix + punctual aspect
Relative Pronoun
eyatrihutat tsinęęh ewatat
I will listen to one whoever one will talk
I will listen to whoever will talk.
eyatrihutat I will listen to one, her. ewatat One will talk.
[eh-yah-tree-hoo-tat]
e- future
-y- 1st person singular agent + feminine-zoic singular patient ‘I to one, her’
–atrihut– verb root ‘to listen’
-at causative root suffix + punctual aspect
ewatat One, she will talk.
[eh-wah-tat]
ew future
-atat- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘one, she’ + verb root ‘to talk’ + punctual aspect
[1] This verb always takes the dual or the plural.