Kanyen’kéha Sewén:ta 3

Singular Pronominal Prefixes (C-Stems)

I: 1st sg
ke- í:’i
You: 2nd sg
(h)se- í:se
He: 3rd sg masc.
ra-, ha- raónha, né:’e
She/one: 3rd sg fem.
ye- akaónha, né:’e
She.it: 3rd sg neu.
ka- aónha, né:’e

Notes

  1. The final e› ’in the 1st sg ke- and 2nd sg (h)se- forms appears before stems beginning with:
    • the consonants n r w ’
    • two consonants
      • except when the first one is h
      • except for sk st s’
      • except for kw ky ts
    • three consonants except for tsy
    • Otherwise there is no final e›. The forms are: 1st sg k- and 2nd sg (h)s- forms.
  2. When there is a prefix before 2nd sg (h)se-, the h is pronounced, otherwise the prefix is se-.
  3. When there is a prefix before 3nd sg masc. ra-, an h replaces the r, resulting in the prefix ha-.

Ken’ nikará:’a 1

  1. Thetén:re wa’kenóhare ne atià:tawi’.

  2. Yah tewakatshenón:ni né:’e tsi wa’kerátsyon.

  3. Yah tekenòn:wes ne thí:ken.

  4. Nón:wa ke’níkhons.
thetén:re yesterday
wakatshenón:ni I am happy
nón:wa now, today
thí:ken that, those
né:’e tsi because
ne the, a...

Ken’ nikará:’a 2

  1. Yerákwas ne á:se atià:tawi’

  2. Yenòn:we’s né:’e tsi watyé:sen ayenóhare táhnon

  3. watyé:sen aye’níkhon tókat ayerátsyon.

á:se new
watyé:sen it is easy to do
táhnon and
tókat if

Kenòn:we’s

Senòn:we’s

Ranòn:we’s

Yenòn:we’s

Kanòn:we’s

Kenénhskwas

Senénhskwas

Ranénhskwas

Yenénhskwas

Kanénhskwas

Kerákwas

Serákwas

Rarákwas

Yerákwas

Karákwas

Ke’níkhons

Se’níkhons

Ra’níkhons

Ye’níkhons

Ka’níkhons

Kerátsyons

Serátsyons

Rarátsyons

Yerátsyons

Karátsyons

Kenóhares

Senóhares

Ranóhares

Yenóhares

Kanóhares

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