Example
Satënienstah ! Ehchea’tenht de chëen’ah.
Be careful! You’ll let your child fall.
Note on usage:
This is used when speaking to one person.
This is used when speaking to one person.
| Satënienstah | |||||
| Orthography | s‑ | ‑ate‑ | ‑nien‑ | ‑st‑ | ‑ah |
| Phonological Form | s- | -ate- | -wyę- | -st- | -ah |
| Interlinear gloss | 2sg.agt.imp | mid | know how | caus | imp |
| Stem (verb) | ‑ate‑ | ‑nien‑ | ‑st‑ | ‑ah | |
| Base (verb) | ‑ate‑ | ‑nien‑ | ‑st‑ | ||
| Root (verb)🔗 | ‑nien‑ | ||||
| Ehchea’tenht | ||||||
| Orthography | e‑ | ‑hche‑ | ‑ia’t‑ | ‑ę‑ | ‑ht‑ | ‑Ø |
| Phonological Form | e- | -hsey- | -yaʔt- | ‑ę‑ | -ht- | -Ø |
| Interlinear gloss | fut | 2sg>3indf | body | fall | caus | pnc |
| Stem (verb) | ‑ia’t‑ | ‑ę‑ | ‑ht‑ | ‑Ø | ||
| Base (verb) | ‑ia’t‑ | ‑ę‑ | ‑ht‑ | |||
| Root (noun) | ‑ia’t‑ | |||||
| Root (verb) | ‑ę‑ | |||||
| de | |
| Orthography | de |
| Phonological Form | ne |
| Interlinear gloss | ampl |
| chëen’ah. | ||||
| Orthography | che‑ | ‑yę‑ | ‑’ | =ah |
| Phonological Form | hsey- | ‑yę‑ | -ʔ | =ah |
| Interlinear gloss | 2sg>3indf | have as child | stat | dim |
| Stem (verb) | ‑yę‑ | ‑’ | ||
| Base (verb) | ‑yę‑ | |||
| Root (verb) | ‑yę‑ | |||
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