Senjecas - while

Pronunciation table

पेमु॓को peműko (labial)								रीसु॓कॊ riisűko (dental)								मुइतु॓को muitűko (alveolar)								भइनु॓को vainűko (palatal)							च्युस्वे॓नोस् ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प)								नि॓थो च्युस्वे॓नोस् nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels)
p	b	f	v	m̃	m			t	d	þ	ð	ɫ	l			ṡ	ż	s	z	r	n			k	g	x	ƣ	h	ȝ			t̬	t̨			i	e	a	ɔ	o	u			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
प	ब	फ	भ	म़	म			त	द	थ	ध	ल़	ल			च	ज	स	स़	र	न			क	ग	क़	ग़	ह	य			त्व	त्य			इ ई पि पी	ए एै पे पै	अ आ प पा	ऒ ॵ पॊ पॏ	ओ औ पो पौ	उ ऊ पु पू			तं	तऺ	तॅ
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̥/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/tʷ/	/tʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/ʊ/

Glossing abbreviations

1s/p = 1st person singular/plural	ABL = ablative suffix	COL = collective	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	CONV = conversive	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	Q = interrogative particle
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	SBJ = subjunctive

Verb

• 1. ke̋e̋sa कै॓स – 1. t.v. pass time idly. 2. i.v. loiter
• We whiled away the hour at the store.
• m̃u' sademős éna őrdam e-ke̋e̋sa:

m̃-u-'	sa-dem-ős	éna	őrd-am	e=ke̋e̋s-a
1p.N	buy-building-G.s	at	hour-A.s	PST-while-IND

Noun

• 2. ke̋e̋sa कै॓स - a period of time
• mu ke̋e̋sam u-de̋e̋a—fési vı̋da:
• I will rest a while before I leave.

m-u	ke̋e̋s-am	u=de̋e̋-a	fési	vı̋d-a
1s-N	while-A.s	FUT=rest-IND	before	leave-SBJ

Conjunction

• 3. méti मो॔ति - during the same time that
• He slept soundly while the storm raged.
• éȝu e-ƣoše̋pa—méti ðűűo e-ra̋va:

éȝ-u	e=ƣo=še̋p-a	méti	ðűű-o	e=ra̋v-a
3-N.s	PST=INT=sleep-IND	while	storm-N.s	PST=rage-IND

• 4. méti मो॔ति - as long as
• While you're at school you may live at home.
• tu nomős éna m̃eese̋ȝa—méti tundemős éna vűűa:

t-u	nom-ős	éna	m̃ees-e̋ȝa	méti	tun-dem-ős	éna	vűű-a
2s-N	home-G.s	at	live-SBJ	as.long.as	learn-building-G.s	at	be-IND

• 5. sáámi सा॔मि – although
• While I called him, he didn't answer.
• éȝu e-kı̋ra ne—sáámi mu éȝum e-ha̋m̃a:

éȝ-u	e=kı̋r-a	ne	sáámi	m-u	éȝ-um	e=ha̋m̃-a
3-N.s	PST=answer-IND	not	while	1s-N	3-A.s	PST=call-IND

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