Yes-No Questions in Wyandot
kwižuh yes-no question
kwee-zhooh
kwižuh ahšatęndinǫhs Did you sell it?
yes-no question you sold it
ahšatęndinǫhs You sold it.
[ah-shah-ten-dee-nonhs]
a- factual
-hš- 2nd person singular agent ‘you (s)’
-atę- semireflexive voice
-ndinǫ- verb root ‘to desire’
-hs inchoative root suffix + punctual aspect
Potential Answers
hęh yes
[henh]
hao yes!!!
[hah-oh]
ąˀą no
[an-an]
kwižuh ehutingyakaˀ Will they get married?
yes-no question they (m) will marry, get married
ehutingyakaˀ They will get married.
[eh-hoo-tee-nyah-kah-ah]
e- future
-huti- masculine plural patient ‘they (male or mixed)’
-ngya– verb root ‘to marry’
-ka punctual aspect
kwižuh utendutǫˀ Has she told her?
yes-no question she has told her
utendutǫˀ She has told her.
[oo-ten-doo-ton-on]
u- feminine-zoic singular agent + feminine-zoic singular patient ‘she to her’
-te- semireflexive voice
-ndutǫ- verb root ‘to tell’
-ˀ stative aspect
Kwižuh šęnteriˀ Do you know her?
šęnteriˀ You know her.
[shen-teh-ree-ee]
š- 2nd person singular + feminine-zoic singular patient
–ęnter- verb root ‘to know, be familiar with
-iˀ stative aspect
hęh yięnteriˀ Yes, I know her.
yięnteriˀ I know her
[yee-en-teh-ree-ee]
yi- 1st person singular agent + feminine-zoic singular patient I-her
ęnter- verb root ‘to know, be familiar with
-iˀ stative aspect
ąˀą teyięnteriˀ No, I don’t know her.
teyięnteriˀ I don’t know her
[teh-yee-en-teh-ree-ee]
te-
negative
yi- 1st person singular agent + feminine-zoic singular patient I-her
ęnter- verb root ‘to know, be familiar with’
-iˀ stative aspect