Lesson
Seven - Part Two
Giving Commands
Imperatives
The imperative is used to give commands. Notice that even though the verb stands alone, without prefixes, it is always in the shortened form.
bééne-noo |
I am drinking |
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béne |
drink! |
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béne-' |
(you pl) drink! |
TI verbs:
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noohóót-oo |
see it! |
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to'óót-oo |
strike it! |
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wo3ónoh-oo |
write it! |
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noohóót-owu' |
see it! (you pl) |
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wo3ónoh-owú' |
write it! (you pl) |
To tell someone not to do something, you add the prefix ciibeh-.
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ciibéh-béne |
don't drink! |
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ciibéh-to'óót-oo |
don't strike it! |
To summarize: AI imperatives lose their ending, but the plural ends in -' (glottal stop). TI imperatives end in -oo, with plurals ending in -owu'.