The Lakota grammar - part of 8

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12.7 the conjugation of the verbs:

ókiya help to help, someone
ówakiye I help it. I help her.
óyakiye You help it. You help her.
(Hená) óyakiye. You helped them.
() ókiye. It helped it. It helped her.
It helped it. It helped her.
It helped it. It helped her.
() ómakiye. It helped me. It helped me. It helped me.
Ómayakiya pi. You help me.
Óyakiya pi. You help it. You help her.
Command form:
Ómakiya ná!
Help me (ask)! (w. R.)
Ómakiya ye! Help me! (w. R.)
Ómakiya yo! Help me! (M.R.)
Futur:
Óyakiya pi kte.
You will help it. You will help her.
(Hená) ómakiya pi kte. They will help me.
Konjunktiv:
Óyakiya pi kte.
You would help it. You would help her.
(Hená) ómakiya pi kte. They would help me.
óta much, much its, many, many its
Niyóta pi. You are many.
phaphá its, a strongly spicy taste, harsh have to be bitter, sourly be, sharply its (Plural for dead nouns)
(Hená) phaphá. They are sour. (dead nouns)
phá its, a strongly spicy taste, harsh have to be bitter, sourly be, sharply its (for dead Substanitve)
phápha with somewhat bark, with someone bark, bark
() maphápha. He barked with me.
philáya satisfy, please, joy make, lucky make, contently place
philáwaye I am pleased.
philámayaye You pleased me. Thanks!
philáyaye You are pleased.
sabsápa black its (dead Plural)
(Hená) sabsápa pi. They are black. (dead nouns)
sápa black its
masápe I am black.
() sápe. It is black. It is black. It is black.
skaská knows its (dead Plural)
ská knows its
maská I am white. (Color, not race!)
() ská. It is white. It is white. It is white.
skúya sweetly its
() skúye. It is sweet. It is sweet. It is sweet. They are sweet. (dead Plural)
slolyá know, know
slolwáye I know it. I know it. I know it. (Sing.)
I know it.
slolyáye You know it. You know it. You know it. (Sing.)
You know it.
slolyé. It knows it. It knows it. It knows it. (Sing.) he knows it.
It knows it. It knows it. It knows it. (Sing.) it knows it.
It knows it. It knows it. It knows it. (Sing.) it knows you.
Slolyáya pi. You know it. You know it. You know it. (Sing.) you know it.
Hená slolyá pi. They know it. They know it. They know it. (Sing.) you know it.
snisní coldly its (dead Plural)
sní coldly its
() sní. It is cold. It is cold. It is cold. (dead nouns)
snísni rather coldly its
šašá red its (dead Plural)
(Hená) šašá. They are red.
šá red its
mašá I am red.
škáta play
waškáte I play.
yaškáte You play.
Yaškáta pi. You play.
(Hená) škáta pi. They play.
Futur:
Yaškáta pi kte.
You will play.
Possibility form:
Yaškáta pi kte.
You would play.
škoškópa curved its, bent its (dead Plural)
škópa bend, curved its, bent its
šloyá to dissolve leave, there-melt to let, melt let, dissolve let, zergehen let, zerschmelzen to leave
šlowáye I let dissolve…. I let there-melt…. I leave… to schmelzem. I let dissolve…. I let zergehen…. I let zerschmelzen….
šloyáye You lets… dissolve. You lets… there-melt. You leaves… to schmelzem. lets dissolve…. You lets… zergehen. You lets… zerschmelzen.
šoše muddily its, dirtily its, cloudily its, verworren its
táku which its
Matáku he? What am I? (w. R.)
Matáku huwó? What am I? (M.R.)
Nitáku he? What are you? (w. R.)
Nitáku huwó? What are you? (M.R.)
Hé táku he? There what is? What is it? What is it? What is it? (w. R.)
Hé táku huwó? There what is? What is it? What is it? What is it? (M.R.)
Hená táku he? What are they? (w. R.)
Hená táku huwó? What are they? (M.R.)
Hená táku pi he? What are they? (w. R.)
Hená táku pi huwó? What are they? (M.R.)
thaté blow, blow windy, its
thatéte blow, blow windy, its
thatíyomni a Tornado its, an eddy tower its
thebyá use (with object) up-eat
thebwáye I eat it up. I eat it up. I eat it up. (Sing.)
(Hená) thebyá pi. They eat it up. They eat it up. They eat it up. (Sing.)
Futur:
(Hená) thebyá pi kte.
They will up-eat it. They will up-eat it. They will up-eat it. (Sing.)
Possibility form:
(Hená) thebyá pi kte.
They would up-eat it. They would up-eat it. They would up-eat it. (Sing.)
thiblóya as an older brother have (w. R.)
thiblówaye I have it as an older brother. (w. R.)
thiblóyaye You have it as an older brother. (w. R.)
thí live, live
wathí I live… I live…
yathí You live… you live…
() thí. It lives… it lives… it lives… it lives… you lives… you lives…
Yathí pi. You live… it live…
(Hená) thí pi. They live… you live…
thoškáya as a nephew have (w. R.)
thoškáwaye I have it as a nephew. (w. R.)
thoškáyaye You have it as a nephew. (w. R.)
thó blue its, green its
mathó I am blue. I am green.
tké heavily its
matké I am heavy.

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