Languary 2
So here we go with Day 2 of Languary.
Talking about the first person singular forms for verbs brings up the issue of pronouns.
The first person singular pronouns are:
Subjective Objective Possessive adjective Reflexive
hay /heɪ/ hayer /heɪɜ/ haym /heɪm/ hayerhay /heɪɜheɪ/
There are two first person plural pronouns. The first form refers to all of those present who are participating in or could participate in the conversation:
Subjective Objective Possessive adjective Reflexive
hayk /heɪk/ hayker /heɪkɜ/ haykm /heɪkm/ haykerhay /heɪkɜheɪk/
The second form refers to those whom the speaker represents:
Subjective Objective Possessive adjective Reflexive
huyk /haɪk/ huyker /haɪkɜ/ huykm /haɪkm/ huykerhuyk /haɪkɜhaɪk/
Both first person plural forms use the same verb forms which, using tark as our example are:
tark’k = we stop
tarkak = we are stopping
tarkyuk = we will stop
tarkayuk = we will be stopping
yutark’k = we plan to stop
yutarkak = we are planning to stop
yutarkyuk = we will plan to stop
yutarkayuk = we are going to be stopping/ we are planning to be stopping
tarkowk = we stopped
tarkaowk = we were stopping
yutarkowk = we planned to stop
yutarkaowk = we were planning to stop
yutarkowk = we had planned to stop
yutarkaowk = we were going to be stopping/ we were planning to be stopping
Note that when the basic verb form ends in ‘k’ the ‘k’ sound is supposed to be repeated and not extended in the simple present tense forms. In practice, in informal situations many speakers do not use the second ‘k’ sound in these cases.
When someone wants to indicate that they are speaking on behalf of a portion of those people present, the combined form haykhuyk / heɪkhaɪk/ is used.
Talking about the first person singular forms for verbs brings up the issue of pronouns.
The first person singular pronouns are:
Subjective Objective Possessive adjective Reflexive
hay /heɪ/ hayer /heɪɜ/ haym /heɪm/ hayerhay /heɪɜheɪ/
There are two first person plural pronouns. The first form refers to all of those present who are participating in or could participate in the conversation:
Subjective Objective Possessive adjective Reflexive
hayk /heɪk/ hayker /heɪkɜ/ haykm /heɪkm/ haykerhay /heɪkɜheɪk/
The second form refers to those whom the speaker represents:
Subjective Objective Possessive adjective Reflexive
huyk /haɪk/ huyker /haɪkɜ/ huykm /haɪkm/ huykerhuyk /haɪkɜhaɪk/
Both first person plural forms use the same verb forms which, using tark as our example are:
tark’k = we stop
tarkak = we are stopping
tarkyuk = we will stop
tarkayuk = we will be stopping
yutark’k = we plan to stop
yutarkak = we are planning to stop
yutarkyuk = we will plan to stop
yutarkayuk = we are going to be stopping/ we are planning to be stopping
tarkowk = we stopped
tarkaowk = we were stopping
yutarkowk = we planned to stop
yutarkaowk = we were planning to stop
yutarkowk = we had planned to stop
yutarkaowk = we were going to be stopping/ we were planning to be stopping
Note that when the basic verb form ends in ‘k’ the ‘k’ sound is supposed to be repeated and not extended in the simple present tense forms. In practice, in informal situations many speakers do not use the second ‘k’ sound in these cases.
When someone wants to indicate that they are speaking on behalf of a portion of those people present, the combined form haykhuyk / heɪkhaɪk/ is used.