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====The Inchoative, - | ====The Inchoative, -WAY==== | ||
'''-WAY''' the '''inchoative''' ending, indicates that an action is beginning to occur, or is just about to begin. | |||
: Sig'''way''' palah. | |||
: ''The rabbit '''is starting to''' run.'' or ''The rabbit '''is about to''' run.'' | |||
=====How to Conjugate -WAY===== | |||
For verbs ending in a voiceless consonant or a weak vowel preceded by a voiceless consonant, the inchoative ending is -fáy. The ending is also -fáy for all -T and -H class verbs. Otherwise, it is -way. Besides this, -WAY conjugates identically to -NA. See the table below. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|+ Inchoative -WAY conjugation by verb class | |||
|- | |||
! colspan =2 | Class !! Example Stem !! Inchoative -WAY | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Regular !! Strong | |||
| lesó || lesowáy | |||
|- | |||
! Weak | |||
| sigú || sigwáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 -| -sa | |||
| exí || exfáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -fa | |||
| safá || sofáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -ra | |||
| kurú || kuxfáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -N | |||
| ekán || ekanwáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -S | |||
| gix || gixfáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -T | |||
| enák || enofáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -H | |||
| oxâ || oxāfáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -aw | |||
| law || lowáy | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | -ay | |||
| way || wewáy | |||
|} | |||
====The Prospective, -KUN==== | ====The Prospective, -KUN==== | ||