In this chapter, we learn about two new groups, the S-Group and the
Sa-
Group.
15.1 The S-Group
There are two prefixes in the S-Group.
s- :: you do something
to it
hehs- :: you do something to him
The forms that these prefixes take with the five Stem Classes we have
seen is shown in the table below.
C
X L
LX A
-----------------------------------------------------
s- | s-
se- sé-
sé- s-
hehs- | hehs- hehse-
hehsé- hehsé- hehs-
We can note the following patterns:
* Both of the prefixes end in -s- in the C-Stem and A-Stem forms.
* Both of the prefixes end in -se- in the X-Stem forms.
* Both of the prefixes end in -sé- in the L-Stem and LX-Stem forms.
For example:
satënö'ös ::
you're watching over it
hehsatënö'ös :: you're
watching over him
15.2 The Sa-Group
There are three pronominal prefixes in the Sa-Group:
sa- :: it does something to
you
esa- :: she does something to you
hösa- :: they do something to you
The forms that these prefixes take with the five Stem Classes we have
seen is shown in the table below.
C X L
LX A
---------------------------------------------
sa- | sa- sa-
sá- sá- sa-
esa- | esa- esa-
esá- esá- esa-
hösa- | hösa- hösa-
hösá- hösá- hösa-
We can note the following patterns:
* All the prefixes end in -sa- in the C-Stem, X-Stem
and A-Stem
forms.
* All the prefixes end in -sá- in the L-Stem and LX-Stem forms.
For example:
satënö'ös ::
it's watching over you
esatënö'ös :: she's
watching over you
hösatënö'ös :: they're
watching over you