Senjecas - when

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels)								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			š	s̨			i	e	a	ǫ	o	u			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̥/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/sʷ/	/sʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/ʊ/

Glossing abbreviations

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

Adverb

• 1. xánu - introduces questions about time
• When will they arrive?
• éȝus xán' u-tőpa:

éȝ-us	xán-'	u=tőp-a
3-N.p	when-ELIS	FUT-arrive-IND

• 2. xánu - introduces indirect questions about time
• Do you know when they will arrive?
• tu éȝun xán' u-tőpu sa̋a̋ra me:

t-u	n-un	xán-'	u=tőp-u	sa̋a̋r-a	me
2s-N	they-A.p	when-ELIS	FUT=arrive-SUP	know-IND	Q

Conjunction

• 3. téni - at what time
• They were told when to sleep
• éȝus te̋e̋aþus e-ı̋la—téni šepe̋ȝa:

éȝ-us	te̋e̋-a-þ-us	e=ı̋l-a	téni	šep-e̋ȝa
t3-N.p	tell-IND-PP-N.p	PST=become-IND	when	sleep-SBJ

• 4. méti - at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase
• It was raining when I arrived yesterday.
• e-sűűm̃a—méti mu hesáhvi e-tőpa:

e=sűűm̃-a	méti	m-u	hes=áh=vi	e=tőp-a
PST=rain-IND	when	1s.N	yester-day-ADV	PST=arrive-IND

• 5. hi - since, given the fact that
• Why are you preparing a party when he won't be here.
• tu xávu sa̋rnom fa̋ra—hi éȝu íð' u-vűűa ne:

t-u	xávu	sa̋rn-om	fa̋r-a	hi	éȝ-u	íð-'	u=vűű=a	ne
2s-N	why	party-A.s	prepare-IND	when	3-N.s	here-ELIS	FUT=be-IND	not

Pronoun

• 6. xa keesa̋s pósa - from the time at which something happens
• Since when has he been king.
• éȝu xa keesa̋s pósa re̋e̋ƣu vŭvűűa:

éȝ-u	xa-Ø	kees-a̋s	pósa	re̋e̋ƣ-u	vŭ~vűű-a
3-N.s	what-ABS	time-G.s	since	king-N.s	PRF~be-IND

Interjection

• 7. ma̋ta – that's enough
• Just say when.
• ma̋ta átu te̋e̋e:

ma̋t-a	átu	te̋e̋-e
be.enough-IND	just	say-IMP

Senjecas - while