Entry
aꞏ‑/a‑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 |
| Form | aꞏ‑ |
| Phonological Form | a:- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *a:‑ |
| Form | a‑ |
| Phonological Form | a:- |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *a:‑ |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
a‑: This form of the optative prefix occurs before the following pronominal prefixes: the first person singular patient prefix, the second person patient prefixes, the second person dual and plural agent prefixes, and the first person inclusive dual and plural agent prefixes. |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- aonyatatihatie’ska’
I would still continue to talk
- aywerhe’ aꞏiaywakahkwahcha’ tihennonhwentsou’tenh
we want to go see how their country is made, what their country is like
- aꞏhchiatehenhk 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
- aꞏwayehchondihk
I might, could, would or should have prepared something
- aꞏyatatia’
that I (may) speak; so that I speak; I must speak; I could speak; I should speak
- aꞏyatoyenhk atho
that could very well be true
- aꞏyehchondiahay
I would, could or should be preparing things
- aꞏyehchondia’
I might, could, would, or should prepare something
- aꞏyeienhwiha’
I might, could, would, or should learn how to do it
- aꞏyienterihk atihchien’ te’waye’ndiyont
would I know it, me who does not have a mind
- aꞏyonrihoien’
if I were to interrupt your speech
- iwerhe’ aꞏiayiarahskwa’
she wants to leave with me
- iyerhe’ aꞏyakonhresohare’
I want to wash my hands
- khondae’ aaiëer
here is how it should be done, this is what one should do
- onsayaka’ de aonyarahskwanhnen’
I abandoned the thought of leaving
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- taꞏyarahtat
I might, could, would, or should run
- tetia’toyenh aꞏhatien’
so that he may sit in the middle of you and me
- te’khëndare’ de khëen’ah aꞏyenhk
I don’t have anyone who is like my child, I don’t have any children
- tho aꞏiawenhk
that it may happen in a such a way; so be it