ti-/i-/Ø-Please 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 | prepronominal prefix |
ti- |
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Phonological Form | ti- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ni- |
i- |
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Phonological Form | ti- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *ni- |
Ø- |
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Phonological Form | t- |
Pre-Wendat Form | *n- |
Notes |
Note on usage:
Ø-: This form of the partitive prefix occurs in imperatives and with any modal prepronominal prefix (factual, future, or optative). It also occurs before the following pronominal prefixes: the second person patient prefixes, the second person dual and plural agent prefixes, and the first person inclusive dual and plural agent prefixes. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- ahskennon’nia khënonhtenhk tha’ titeonton’wes
I give it to them for nothing, without an ulterior motive, in peace, and nevertheless, they are not grateful
- aywerhe’ aaiaywakahkwahcha’ tihennonhwentsou’tenh
we want to go see how their country is made, what their country is like
- a’tere’ iwahsenh iyahonwayeh yahonwïio’ ontawehnde’
there are eighty ships coming
- ha’ra’ tho tihon’ndiyonhratases
they are delirious from the fever
- heskwenda’yerahtih Haondehchehte’ tha’ titeheskwenda’yeratha’ de ihatonhk tho atsier
you have made Haondehchehte’ your leader, however you don’t treat him as a leader (you don’t imitate him) now that he tells you to do so
- ihënha’s ihchien’ tha’ titehatriho’tats
I order him, but he doesn’t listen
- kha’ ihotien’
he is sitting here
- Satahrontonh tiyarihou’tenh !
Go inform yourself about the matter!
- stan’ ta’teontateyenhk tiyängwen’s
one cannot see one another at all, that’s how much it’s snowing
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- Tho ewayehk ?
How many things will there be?
- tho ihäa’tou’tenh ne endi’ iyia’tou’tenh
he is built like me
- tho ihawendou’tenh tihchiewendou’tenh
he speaks like you
- Tho itsorhen’ndih tishöonh ?
How many days has it been since he returned?
- Tho iwayeh ?
How many things are there?
- Tho iwayehnen’ ?
How many things were there?
- tho iyäa’tayeh de hotisken’rayehtahk tiöndrahtayeh de kha’ skwarhaenton’
there are as many soldiers as there are leaves in your woods
- tho tiyänywikhas
when the corn is flowering, blooming
- tiawenhk
thank you very much
- tiosken’nia’ a’tehontre’
they are not far from one another
- tiyia’tata’
next to me, close to me (there where my body ends)
- yona’tihchiakhonhnen’ tha’ titehchi’trontahk
I went to look for you, but you weren’t there
- yonwendihchias tisa’ndiyonhrou’tenh
I ask for your opinion