Suffixes and Prefixes Flashcards
-kwu
future tense
-hookwu
present tense (emphasis, happening right now)
-pu
past tense
-hoo
recent past tense, just happened, intensification of past tense
-wunu
present tense
repeating the last vowel
present tense
-du
one that is, doer, nominalizer (turns something into a noun)
-no
and, with
-no’o
going along doing the verb action, period of time
-kwae / -wae
from in something, from somewhere
-ga’a
go over and do the verb action, time to do a verb action
-dooha
under something
-gooba / -kooba
on top of something
-dooha’yoona
from under something
-goobakwae / -koobakwae
over something
-ga’yoo / -ka’yoo
to have, has, there are, exists
-pana
a command
mostly used for negative commands w/ “ki” - e.g. don’t speak, don’t talk, etc.
-ka
short command
go away from the speaker - e.g. go lay down
-ke
short command
bring to - e.g. bring a handful of pinenuts
-ya
command
put on - e.g. put pants on
-ma
on, onto, at
can also be used to show what instrument was used
-punne
ongoing situation/action for awhile
can imply at a distance (e.g. with weather)
-doo / -too
to make the noun it is attached to
-tungu
soft command
to ask or tell someone to do the verb it is attached to
-bodote
going around in circles, going back and forth
-kooha
restart action
-gena
come to do something, becoming, getting
sometimes, it pluralizes
-dape
doing the verb action continuously, verb action while laying
-dame / -tame
towards someone or something
-kwa’ne / -wa’ne
to be like, something like, appears to be, seems
-su’mu
only
-se
was or will be done before the next action. the clause it is attached to occurs before the main clause of the sentence
used with: if, then, after, because
-na
involves 2 actions occurring at the same time.
can be used with: “as __”, or “while ___”, or “when ___”
-matu
a part or piece of
ne-
want, desire
na-
shows that the subject and object of a clause are the same. Shows the action of the verb is done to the subject
Can also mean doubling
