The "A" class verb 'to be going over there(away from speaker)' in present tense.

Root verb -gat-

witsi-gat-i I am going over there.

hwi-k't-i you are going over there.

wak't-i he/she/it is going over there.

wini-k't-i the two of us (including you) are going over there.

wisdi-k't-i you two are going over there.

wosdi-k't-i the two of us (not including you) are going over there.

widi-k't-i we (including you) are all going over there.

wotsi-k't-i we (not including you) are all going over there.

witsi-k't-i you are all going over there.

wani-k't-i they are going over there.


Habitual Tense

witsi-k'to'i I go over there.

hwi-k'to'i you go over there.

wak'to'i he/she/it goes over there.

wini-k'to'i the two of us (including you) go over there.

wisdi-k'to'i you two go over there.

wosdi-k'to'i the two of us (not including you) go over there.

widi-k'to'i we (including you) all go over there.

wotsi-k'to'i we (not including you) all go over there.

witsi-k'to'i you all go over there.

wani-k'to'i they go over there.


Remote Past

witsi-gatv'i I went over there.

hwi-k'tv'ii you went over there.

wak'tv'i he/she/it went over there.

wini-k'tv'i the two of us (including you) went over there.

wisdi-k'tv'i you two went over there.

wosdi-k'tv'i the two of us (not including you) went over there.

widi-k'tv'i we (including you) all went over there.

wotsi-k'tv'i we (not including you) all went over there.

witsi-k'tv'i you all went over there.

wani-k'tv'i they went over there.


Imperative

hwiktesdi - go over there!


Practice Sentences

1. Kago usdi gaduhv'i wak'ti.
Who is going away to the town.

2. Taline iga hadlv hwik'tv'i.
Where did you go on Tuesday?

3. Gatsv wisdik'ti.
Where are you two going?

4. Ama-yi wotsik'to'i.
We all (not you) go to the river (water).

5. unvdalv'i witsik'ti.
I am going over to the mountain.

6. Adananv'i hwiktesdi!
Go to the store!


Vocabulary

taline iga - Tuesday
gaduhvi - a town
ama - water
-yi - location or place suffix
unvdalv'i - a mountain
adananv'i - the store


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