Senjecas - while
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Pronunciation table
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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| /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 | 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 – 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 – 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
