Compound Verbs
Noun + Verb
ᓈᐹᐤ | ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ | ᓂᓈᐹᐅᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ | |||||
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naapaau | + | ![]() |
iyihtiu | = | ![]() |
ninaapaauiyihtiu |
man | s/he is doing | s/he acts like a man |
The verb ᓂᓈᐹᐅᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ ninaapaauiyihtiu s/he acts like a man is made from the noun ᓈᐹᐤ naapaau man and the verb ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ iyihtiu s/he is doing (plus a reduplication of the first syllable of the word: ni-naa).
Noun | + | Verb | = | Verb | ||||
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ᐄᔨᔨᐤ | ᐧᐋᔅᐱᓲ | ᐄᔨᔨᐅᐧᐋᔅᐱᓲ | ||||||
iiyiyiu | + | waaspisuu | = | iiyiyiuwaaspisuu | ||||
person | s/he is getting dressed | s/he is dressed like a native | ||||||
ᐄᔨᔨᐤ | ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ | ᐄᔨᔨᐅᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ | ||||||
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iiyiyiu | + | ![]() |
iyihtiu | = | ![]() |
iiyiyiuiyihtiu | |
person | s/he is doing | s/he is acting like a native |