A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

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25a. *&kpan s-hottam 'ap.
b. *S-hottam Eikpan 'ap.

Questions


A. Write the Tohono O'odham verb morphemes corresponding to the English
glosses in the spaces provided.

Tohono O'odham form English gloss

"fight"

"work"

"play"

ccsleep''

"run"

"kiss"

"chase"

"speak"

B. Tohono O'odham has auxiliary elements that mark person as well as tense/
aspect. The auxiliary elements appearing in this exercise are translated into
English as "Y is/was V-ing," where Y is some person or animal and V stands
for the verb. List these elements in the spaces provided below.

Tohono O'odham form English gloss


  1. l st person imperfect (translates as
    present or past progressive in English)


2nd person imperfect


  1. 3rd person imperfect


C. List the Tohono O'odham nouns used in this exercise.

Tohono O'odham form English gloss


  1. CL JO hn" (Juan)

  2. c6~at"

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