User:Masako/pataka

• p t k b d g m n s sh h l r w y a e i o u á é í ó ú

verbs

Verbs are marked for tense, aspect, mood, subject, object...

The three simple tenses are used: past, present, and future. Present tense is not marked, and future tense is often left unmarked if other modifiers are present that might hint at the action having yet to occur.

• ókesh

1-speak

I/we speak.

• ónebulihra

1-2-love-AUG-PST

I/we loved you a lot.

• wayoshohub wanekeshru

3-1-see-COND 3-2-say-FUT

If they/she see me/us, she/they will tell you.

• kesh - speak; say; talk
• shoh - see; look
• gan - go; walk
• ger - eat; consume
• bul - love; adore

verb modifiers

tense

• ur - future (need not be marked)

óganura - I/we will go.

• ar - past

nékeshra - You spoke.

• a - present (need not be marked)

ógera - I/we eat.

aspect

• as - progressive; continuing [PROG]
• at - previously; already [PFV]

mood

• esh - negative

wágeresh - He/She does not eat.

• em - question

néshohemra - Did you see?

• ap - able to; can; possible

óganapa - I/we are able to go.

• ush - need to

ógerush - I/we need to eat.

• ad - probably, likely
• in - tentative

ówakeshin - I/we may speak to her/them.

• ub - conditional "if"
• aw - irrealis "if I had"

intensity

• ih - augmentative

ógerhi - I/we eat a lot.

• ey - diminutive

ógerye - I/we eat a little.

nouns

• kesho - language; tongue
  • keshoyi - dialect; vernacular

noun modifiers

• x - feminine
• x - masculine
• x - plural; several
• x - this (by me)
• x - that (by you)
• x - that (over there)
• x - same (as)
• x - other; different (from)

pronouns

• ó - 1
• né - 2
• wá - 3