Chapter 30: The He-Group

Next is the He-Group.  They have the following forms:

           Æ      E       sË      wË     Ö/U      I
   ---------------------------------------------------
   he-  | he-    hey-    hey-    hey-    hey-    he-
   khe- | khe-   khey-   khey-   khey-   khey-   khe-
   she- | she-   shey-   shey-   shey-   shey-   she-

We can note the following patterns:

   * All the prefixes end in -he- in the Æ-Stem and I-Stem forms.  The
     initial -i- of the Verb Base drops out and is replaced by -e-.

   * All the prefixes end in -hey- in all the rest of the forms.

For example:

   heæya'tahkwa'  ::  I tease him
   kheæya'tahkwa'  ::  I tease her
                         I tease them
   sheæya'tahkwa'  ::  you tease her
                         you tease them



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