-sPlease note that any Wendat form with one or two hyphens attached to it is not a word. The hyphens indicate that the form must take a prefix, a suffix, or both, in order to create a full word in Wendat. Wendat forms with hyphens cannot be used on their own. |
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Definition |
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Part of Speech | aspect-mood suffix |
Phonological Form | -s |
Pre-Wendat Form | *-s |
Examples
Examples for entry
- aahchiatehenhk chionyweh te’yenh, ondae’ ïohtih tehchiatehen’s de chiëniennonh iyenh
you would be ashamed if you were a man, what makes you not ashamed is the fact that you’re a dog
- chiestore’ de ihchiech
you eat quickly, you're eating quickly
- ha’ra’ tho tihon’ndiyonhratases
they are delirious from the fever
- hehchrios
you kill him, you’re killing him
- ihatich
they all eat, they're all eating
- ihënha’s ihchien’ tha’ titehatriho’tats
I order him, but he doesn’t listen
- ïohsen’s
that adds up to a total of ten, has a value of ten
- iyech
I eat, I'm eating
- iyrios
I kill her, I’m killing her
- Kwïohti öne tehata’s de hehchien’ah ?
Does your son stand up on his feet?
- stan’ ta’teontateyenhk tiyängwen’s
one cannot see one another at all, that’s how much it’s snowing
- tehotahs
he doesn’t sleep, he is not sleeping
- tehonrahtas
they run, they are running
- tewendihwen’s
lightning strikes, lightning is striking
- tewendihwen’ska’
there will continue to be lightning
- teyeta’s
I stand up, I'm standing up
- yeienhwi’s
I learn how to do things, I am learning how to do something
- yeienhwi’skwa’
I used to learn how to do things
- yewendatënions
I translate, I am translating, I am a translator
- yonwendihchias tisa’ndiyonhrou’tenh
I ask for your opinion