Dictionary Entry [entry ID #1443] (related entries)
'awhdiyaw • I did it • verb (theme: 'a:=d-yaw) [perfective, 1sg subject]
- 'undiyah-te you are going to do it [future tense, perfective, 2sg subject]
- 'a:'udyaw he did it [perfective, animate subject]
- 'ahdiyaw it did it [perfective, inanimate subject]
- 'a:ydiyaw we did it [perfective, 1pl subject]
- 'ahdiyaw you all did it [perfective, 2pl subject]
- 'a:k'idyah something happened [perfective, light stem, thematic subject]
Audio (click to listen)
- de:qi' don' 'ahdiyaw
it happened this way (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- whe:diq' 'ahdiyaw
how did it happen? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- duxwe:di-q' 'a:'udyaw
in what way did this happen to him? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- duxwe:di 'a:'udyaw
how did he do it? (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xwe:di-q' 'a:'udyaw
in what way did this happen to him (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- 'a:k'idyah
something happened (repeating) (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- 'ahdiyaw
it's happening (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xo' xowh 'ahdiyaw
suddenly, something happened (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- xo' xowh 'a:k'idyah
all of a sudden, something happened (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
(click to listen)
hayah-din do'n xo'ye: 'a:'udyaw haya:ł hay na'widahł-din na'te'ida:wh chwola'-din nay'iłxa'-mił na:wilwił-ding
at that time something bad happened to her, when she was going home, she returns back on the fifth day in the evening (Friday night)
and that's the way it happened, and after a short time went by
five days passed that way, it was in my arm
and then when that term went by, I went to another level
they danced (partner dancing), they really went at it
so he kept doing that, about five times he did that
that's the old creator's helper, him also, he turned bad