-nen’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 | expanded aspect-mood suffix |
| Phonological Form | -nęʔ |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-nęʔ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This form of the past suffix occurs only with stative stems. |
Examples
Examples for entry
- ahsonh te’satondihnen’
you had not yet been born
- aye’wahtsarahkwihnen’ de kha’ yatsen’
I had put some meat on this plate
- hotatiaskonhnen’
he was speaking nonstop
- hotinhotonhk hotihndihtihnen’
they had closed the door forcefully
- onsayaka’ de aonyarahskwanhnen’
I abandoned the thought of leaving
- Tho iwayehnen’ ?
How many things were there?
- Tho iyäa’tayeh sändawihatie’ sa’arohwihnen’ ?
How many fish did you catch in the nets you had cast?
- Tsinen’ tsiweyihnen’ ?
Who were you with?
- yienterihnen’
I knew it
- yona’tihchiakhonhnen’ tha’ titehchi’trontahk
I went to look for you, but you weren’t there