Leda Jules: Pelly Banks dialect
Verbs: wash, dry, gather, bring
Perfective, imperfective, optative, future, transitive vs intransitive, reflexive
| Wash (transitive) | Wash (reflexive) | ||
| Tsʼáʼ esʼṓts. | Deyāsʼṓts. | ||
| I am washing the dishes. | I am washing myself. | ||
| Deyēsdeh. | |||
| I am washing myself. | |||
| Tsʼáʼ enʼṓts! | Deyānʼṓts! | ||
| Wash the dishes! (one person) | Wash yourself! (one person) | ||
| Deyēnhdeh! | |||
| Wash yourself! | |||
| Tsʼáʼ eʼṓts. | Deyāʼṓts. | ||
| He/she is washing the dishes. | He/she is washing herself/himself. | ||
| Deyēʼīhdeh. | |||
| He is washing himself. | |||
| Yeʼṓts. | |||
| He/she is washing it (or them). | |||
| Meyēhdeh. | |||
| He is washing it. | |||
| Geyēʼīhdeh. | |||
| He is washing them. | |||
| Tsʼáʼ dzeʼṓts. | Deyādzeʼṓts. | ||
| We (2) are washing the dishes. | We (2) are washing ourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yēdzīhdeh. | Deyēdzīhdeh. | ||
| We (2) are washing dishes | We (2) are washing ourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ ahʼṓts! | Deyāhʼṓts! | ||
| Wash the dishes! (you 2) | Wash yourselves! (you 2) | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yēʼehdeh. | Deyēʼehdeh. | ||
| Wash the dishes! (you 2) | You (2) wash yourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ geʼṓts. | Deyāgeʼṓts. | ||
| They (2) are washing the dishes. | They (2) are washing themselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yēgīhdeh. | Deyēgīhdeh. | ||
| They (2) are washing the dishes. | They (2) are washing themselves | ||
| Meyēgīhdeh. | |||
| They (2) are washing it. | |||
| Geyeʼṓts. | |||
| They (2) are washing it or them. | |||
| Geyēgīhdeh. | |||
| They (2) are washing them. | |||
| Tsʼáʼ nédzéʼṓts. | Deyā́ndzāʼṓts. | ||
| We (3+) are washing the dishes. | We (3+) are washing ourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yḗndzīhdeh. | Deyḗndzīhdeh. | ||
| We (3+) are washing dishes. | We (3+) are washing ourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ nā́hʼṓts! | Deyā́nahʼṓts. | ||
| Wash the dishes! (you 3+) | Wash yourselves! (you 3+) | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yḗnehdeh! | Deyḗnehdeh! | ||
| Wash the dishes! (you 3+) | Wash yourselves! (you 3+) | ||
| Tsʼáʼ négéʼṓts. | Deyā́ngāʼṓts. | ||
| They (3+) are washing the dishes. | They (3+) are washing themselves. | ||
| Négéyéʼṓts. | |||
| They (3+) are washing it. | |||
| Meyḗngīhdeh. | |||
| They (3+) are washing it. | |||
| Geyḗngīhdeh. | |||
| They (3+) are washing them. |
There is a great deal of variability with this verb since the stem can be either –ṓts, –dḗzī́ or -dḗ, and the ū- optative prefix may or may not be used to give the optative sense (the optative stem form alone can convey that sense). The prefix yē- also has an alternate form gē-
| Wash (transitive) | Wash (reflexive) | ||
| Łáhtādé tsʼáʼ ūsʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | Łáhtādé edūsʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| I might wash the dishes. | I might wash myself. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yūsdḗzī́ sį̄́. | Łáhtādé deyēsdḗ sį̄́. | ||
| I might wash the dishes. | I might wash myself. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yūsdḗ sį̄́. | |||
| I might wash the dishes. | |||
| Yēsdḗ sį̄́. | |||
| I might wash (the dishes). | |||
| Ts’áʼ ūnʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | Edūnʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| You might wash the dishes. | You might wash yourself. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yēnhdḗ sį̄́. | Deyēndḗ sį̄́. | ||
| You might wash the dishes. | You might wash yourself. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ ūʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | Edūʼṓdzī́ sį̄́ . | ||
| He/she might wash dishes. | He/she might wash herself/himself. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ yēhdḗ sį̄́. | Deyēʼehdḗ sį̄́. | ||
| He/she might wash dishes. | He/she might wash herself/himself. | ||
| Yūʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | |||
| He/she might wash it. | |||
| Meyūhdḗ sį̄́. | |||
| He/she might wash it. | |||
| Geyūhdḗ sį̄́. | |||
| He/she might wash them. | |||
| Łáhtādé tsʼáʼ dzeʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | Edzedeʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| We (2) might wash the dishes. | We (2) might wash ourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ gēdzūhdḗzī́ sį̄́. | Deyēdzūhdḗzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| We (2) might wash the dishes. | We (2) might wash ourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ ahʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | Edahʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| You (2) might wash the dishes. | You (2) might wash yourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ gēʼehdḗ sį̄́. | Deyēʼehdḗzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| You (2) might wash the dishes. | You (2) might wash yourselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ geʼṓdzį̄́ sį̄́. | Egedeʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| They (2) might wash the dishes. | They (2) might wash themselves. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ gēʼehdḗzī́ sį̄́. | Deyēgūhdḗhī́ sį̄́. | ||
| They (2) might wash the dishes. | They (2) might wash themselves. | ||
| Geyūʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | |||
| They (2) might wash it/them. | |||
| Tsʼáʼ nédzūʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | |||
| We (3+) might wash the dishes. | |||
| Nā́hʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | |||
| You (3+) might wash the dishes. | |||
| Tsʼáʼ négū́ʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | |||
| They (3+) might wash the dishes. | |||
| Négéyū́ʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | |||
| They (3+) might wash it. |