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Exercise 1.2
Optative + K-Class Prefixes

The words in Exercise 1.1 all used the Habitual stem of the verb. The words in this and the following two exercises use the Simple stem of the verb. With the Simple stem we can expand the Pronominal prefix to include Modal prefixes. The first Modal prefix we shall look at is the Optative. It expresses strong doubt. It takes the form aa-. After the Optative, Pronominal prefixes beginning with h- lose the h- and prefixes beginning with a vowel add a -y- to the beginning; but the 1sP prefix ak- adds -w- instead. Look at the model.

Optative + K-Class Pronominal Prefixes
aak tók I might see it
aawak tók it might see me
aask tók you might see me
aaak tók he might see me
aayök tók she might see me
aaök tók they might see me

(1) aakahtyök -- I might frighten it

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might frighten me:
you might frighten me:
he might frighten me:
she might frighten me:
they might frighten me:

(2) aakäya'tak -- I might tease it

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might tease me:
you might tease me:
he might tease me:
she might tease me:
they might tease me:

(3) aakhis -- I might push it along

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might push me along:
you might push me along:
he might push me along:
she might push me along:
they might push me along:

(4) aakihsák -- I might look for it

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might look for me:
you might look for me:
he might look for me:
she might look for me:
they might look for me:

(5) aaki'tyô' -- I might dwell

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might seat me:
you might seat me:
he might seat me:
she might seat me:
they might seat me:

(6) aakekaaëko' -- I might turn it around

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might turn me around:
you might persuade me:
he might persuade me:
she might persuade me:
they might persuade me:

(7) aako'kat -- I might poke it

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might poke me:
you might poke me:
he might poke me:
she might poke me:
they might poke me:

(8) aakyénô' -- I might catch it

Translate the following into Mingo:

it might catch me:
you might catch me:
he might catch me:
she might catch me:
they might catch me:

Go on to Exercise 1.3