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We are looking at suffixes. Specifically verbal suffixes. Today we will look at another. The suffix -opka can mean want to (whatever the verb meaning is). ni panopka. I want to eat. ni ambo bonwopka. I want to drink water ni plaikni genopka. I want to go to Sprague...

Today we will look at one of the easiest suffixes to learn. This suffix is: -yega. It is also one of the few suffixes with a Modoc counterpart. The Modoc version of this suffix is: -tampka. They both express the meaning of: begin or start -whatever the verb action is. This is a...

Today we are going to examine the third participle. This participle is also made with a suffix. It is the suffix -ok. A good translation for this is: because of + verm meaning+ ing. It can not take a subject, but often takes an object. It is a verbal suffix. Some examples...

Yesterday we looked at the -ota suffix with its two actions in this sentence happening at the same time. Today we will look at the Gerund which has as its second verbal action one that occurs before the verbal action of the main verb. The Gerund has as its verbal suffix -ank....

There are several very interesting verbal forms. By verbal, I mean they are not full verbs that can take subjects and yet they express verbal concepts. Today we will look at one such form. The first form is : ota. It is a verb suffix that expresses a verbal action...