A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

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Questions

A. In the spaces below, list the Classical Nahuatl morphemes that correspond to

the English words on the right.

1. Verbs
   Nahuatl morpheme English gloss

a. "sleep"

b. "sing"

C. Cc~ry9'

2. Person marking (for subject)
   Nahuatl morpheme English gloss

a. "I"

b. "you (sg.)'"

C. "he"

d. "we"

e. "you (pl.)"

f. "they"

3. Tense marking
   Nahuatl morpheme English gloss

a. present

b. customary present

(corresponds in English to the present

progressive-that is, -ing forms)

C. imperfect

(translated in English as a past

progressive-that is, "was V-ing,"

where V stands for any verb)

d. future