By now, we have seen all the Pronominal Prefixes in the language, and
we
have seen the forms they take with 5 different Stem Classes: C, X,
L, LX
and A. While the vast majority of Verb Bases in Mingo belong
to one of
those 5 Stem Classes, there are other Stem Classes which we haven't
yet
seen. These will be the focus of the next few chapters.
In total, there are 11 different Stem Classes. The 6 we haven't
seen so
far are:
* Æ-Stem Class: Verb Bases beginning with -æ-.
The Prefixes that
occur with Æ-Stem Verbs are almost
the same as the Prefixes that
occur with C-Stem Verbs, except that any
final -a- in a C-Stem
Prefix becomes -æ- in an Æ-Stem
prefix.
* E-Stem Class: Verb Bases beginning with -e-. There
are very very
few E-Stem verbs in Mingo.
* Strong Ë-Stem Class: Some Verb Bases beginning
with -ë-. There
aren't many of these verbs.
* Weak Ë-Stem Class: Some Verb Bases beginning
with ë-. There are
more of these than there are Strong Ë-Stem
verbs, but still not a
whole lot.
* Ö/U-Stem Class: Verb Bases beginning with either -ö- or -u-.
* I-Stem Class: Verb Bases beginning with -i-.
We'll start our examination of these classes by looking at the K-Group
of Pronominal Prefixes.
Æ
E sË wË
Ö/U I
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k- | k- k-
k- k- k-
k-
sk- | sk- sk-
sk- sk- sk- sk-
ak- | ak- ak-
ak- ak- ak- ak-
hak- | hak- hak- hak-
hak- hak- hak-
ök- | ök- ök-
ök- ök- ök-
ök-
hök- | hök- hök-
hök- hök- hök- hök-
As the table shows, all members of the K-Group keep the same form for
all 7 of these Stem Classes.
Below are examples of these prefixes with the Interactive Switch Active
Verb Base -æya'tahkw- "tease someone" in the Habitual Aspect.
kæya'tahkwa' :: I tease
it
skæya'tahkwa' :: you tease
me
akæya'tahkwa' :: it teases
me
hakæya'tahkwa' :: he teases me
ökæya'tahkwa' :: she
teases me
hökæya'tahkwa' :: they tease
me