The verb 'to buy it' in infinitive form.

Root verb -hwa-

ᎠᎩᏩᎯᏍᏗ - aki-hwa-hisdi - for me to buy it.

ᏣᏩᎯᏍᏗ - tsa-hwa-hisdi - for you to buy it.

ᎤᏩᎯᏍᏗ - u-hwa-hisdi - for him/her/it - to buy it.

ᎩᏂᏩᎯᏍᏗ - gini-hwa-hisdi - for the two of us (including you) to buy it.

ᏍᏗᏩᎯᏍᏗ - sdi-hwa-hisdi - for you two to speak it.

ᎣᎩᏂᏩᎯᏍᏗ - ogini-hwa-hisdi - for the two of us (not including you ) to buy it.

ᎢᎩᏩᎯᏍᏗ - igi-hwa-hisdi - for all of us (including you) to buy it.

ᎣᎩᏩᎯᏍᏗ - ogi-hwa-hisdi - for all of us (not including you) to buy it.

ᎢᏥᏩᎯᏍᏗ i- tsi-hwa-hisdi - for you all to buy it.

ᎤᏂᏩᎯᏍᏗ - uni-hwa-hisdi - for them to buy it.


Practice Sentences

1. ᎤᏅᏗ ᎤᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎵ Ꮎ ᎠᎨᏯ - Unvdi uhwahisdi uduli na ageya.
The/that woman wants to buy milk.

2. ᎧᏫᏍᎪ ᎠᎩᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵ? - Kawisg akihwahisdi tsaduli?
Do you want me to buy coffee?

3. ᏓᏆᎴᎷ ᎤᏂᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏚᎵ. - Dagwalelu unihwahisdi unaduli.
They want to buy a car.

4. ᎠᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎤᏓᏁᏅ ᏣᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵ. - Adalonige udanenv tsahwahisdi agwaduli.
I want you to buy orange juice.

5. ᏔᎵ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ ᏙgᏂᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᏙᎩᎾᏚᎵ. - Tali digowelodi doginihwahisdi doginaduli.
The two of us want to buy two pencils.

5. ᎢᏤ ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᏍᏗᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᏍᏓᎤᎵ. - Itse galtsode sdihwahisdi sdaduli.
You two want to buy a new house.

6. ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ ᎠᎩᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵ. - Alisdayvdi akihwahisdi agwaduli.
I want to buy groceries.


Vocabulary

ᎤᏅᏗ - unvdi - milk
ᎤᏓᏁᏅ - udanenv - juice
ᎠᏓᎶᏂᎨ - adalonige - orange
ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ - digohwelodi - pencil (also ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏙᏗ - digohwelodohdi)
ᎢᏤ / ᎠᏤ - itse / atse - new
ᎦᎵᏦᏕ - galtsode - house
ᎠᎵᏍdᏴᏗ - al(i)sday(v)di - food, groceries

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