Derived Verbs (Secondary)
Verbs of Possession (“to have…”)
ᒪᔅᒋᓯᓐ | ᐅᒪᔅᒋᓯᓐ | ᐅᒪᔅᒋᓯᓅ | |||
maschisin | umaschisin | umaschisinuu | |||
a shoe | his/her shoe | s/he has shoes |
The verb ᐅᒪᔅᒋᓯᓅ umaschisinuu S/he has shoes. is made up from the possessed noun ᐅᒪᔅᒋᓯᓅ umaschisin his/her shoe and the verb ending -uu to make a verb meaning S/he has shoes.
Such verbs of possession can be formed by the addition of a secondary suffix to a possessed noun with a third-person prefix, and, if required, the possessive suffix -im. The verb underlying stem vowel is -i followed by inflection -u which becomes -uu.
Noun | Possessed Noun | Verb “S/he has…” | Verb “I have…” | ||||
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ᒪᔅᒋᓯᓐ | ᐅᒪᔅᒋᓯᓐ | ᐅᒪᔅᒋᓯᓅ | ᓄᒪᔅᒋᓯᓂᓐ | ||||
maschisin | umaschisin | umaschisinuu | numaschisinin | ||||
shoe | his/her shoe | s/he has shoes | I have shoes | ||||
ᐊᐧᐋᔥ | ᐅᑕᐧᐋᔑᔒᒻᐦ | ᐅᑕᐧᐋᔑᔒᒨ | ᓄᑕᐧᐋᔑᔒᒥᓐ | ||||
awaash | utawaashishiimh | utawaashishiimuu | nutawaashishiimin | ||||
child | his/her child | s/he has a child/children | I have a child/children | ||||
Words which already begin with u- do not usually add another u- at the beginning. | |||||||
ᐅᔥᑎᐧᑳᓐ | ᐅᔥᑎᐧᑳᓅ | ᓅᔥᑎᐧᑳᓂᓐ | |||||
ushtikwaan | ushtikwaanuu | nuushtikwaanin | |||||
his/her head | s/he has brains (is smart) | I am smart | |||||
s/he has a head | I have a head |
For the second person personal prefix of possessed forms, the variant ku- is used for many words, not chu-.
ᑯᑕᐧᐋᔒᒥᓐ | kutawaashiimin | you have a child | |
ᑰᐦᑖᐧᐃᔨᓐ | kuuhtaawiyin | you have a father |