Lead -hęt(e)-
sehęt Go first.
[seh-hent]
se- imperative + 1st person singular agent -you
-hęt- verb root – lead + imperative aspect
asehęt Come first.
[ah-seh-hent]
a- cislocative[1] – here
-se- imperative + 2nd person singular agent – you
-hęt- verb root – lead + imperative aspect
Skahęte She leads, comes first again (Deer clan woman’s name).
[skah-hen-teh]
s- repetitive
-ka- feminine-zoic singular agent – she
-hęte verb root – lead + purposive aspect[2]
hahęteˀ He leads, takes the lead.
[hah-hen-teh-eh]
ha- masculine singular agent – he
-hęte- verb root – lead
-ˀ purposive aspect
tewahęhte She or it is not going to lead.
[teh-wah-henh-teh]
tew- negative
-a- feminine-zoic singular agent[3] – she or it
-hęhte verb root – lead + purposive aspect
ayehęte I led.
[ah-yeh-hen-the]
a- factual
-ye- 1st person singular agent – I
-hęte verb root – lead + punctual aspect
[1] The cislocative form used here is as affected by the presence of the imperative prefix.
[2] I have chosen the purposive aspect here as Wendat has -ǫ as the stative aspect.
[3] This expression of the verb is unusual as the verb root is consonant conjugation and should have -ya- for the pronominal prefix here.