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Today we will continue with the verbal suffixes we began the other day. The starting sentence is: ni lilhanks domna. I hear a deer. By adding suffixes to verbs we will examine the changes that take place in the sentence we are using. 1. The suffix is -ok. This suffix explains...

Everyone should pick a verb to work with. We are going to change the verb by adding suffixes to it. For demonstration purposes, I will use the verb domna-to hear. Follow along, the changes I make here can be done to any verb. domna + -t=domnat. It means can hear. 1. ni lilhanks...

We have had questions and now we will respond to questions. I like to tell classes that there is no one word response to a question. Even in English it is helpful to repeat part of the question so that both parties of a conversation are aware what is being responded to. It can...

Today we are going to examine 9 verbal suffixes. When we attach a verbal suffix, it changes the meaning of the verb. In my demonstration sentence (ni yayna sle-a) we will see the changes that occur. ni yayna sle-at. I can see the mountain. ni yayna slewapka. I will see the...

We last had 5 sentences using the suffix -ok. Now we will translate them. !. lilhanks panok, q-ai ni pas pan. Because of eating the deer, I have no food to eat. 2. California genok, ni mo loslosli gi. Because of going to California, ni am very warm. 3. yamat genok, ni mo...

Yesterday I introduced a very interesting form. It was the verb suffix -ok. It can be attached to the end of a verb to modify it's meaning. It's meaning is: because of + verb meaning + ing. yulalona genok, ni gattkis gi. Because of going to Klamath Falls, I became cold. I am...