On this page you will find verb type endings (also called verb conjugation endings or verb endings for short) and how they are used. This page builds on the Peewaalia Verb Types page by showing the verb endings used to conjugate verbs for each verb type, so you can see how those endings work in actual Peewaaliaataweenki usage.
Because verb type endings are also tied to the animacy of the noun(s) or concept they go with, it may also be helpful to read the Animate & Inanimate Concepts page. These pages together will help you better understand why certain verb types and endings are used in Peewaaliaataweenki.
These endings join onto the verb stem — the basic verb form before any endings are added — to finish the verb, turning it into a full word with a clear, complete idea and meaning. Example: the stem neew- (see him – animate transitive verb) + the animate transitive verb ending -aki (I / me →do verb to→ him / her) = neewaki (I see him).
In the charts below you will mainly see the endings themselves — the most commonly used endings, not the full list of endings — listed for each Peewaalia verb type, along with short notes about how they are used. Under the charts you will also see a few example verbs with these endings, to give you a quick look at how they sound and work. This will help you connect the endings you see here with real Peewaalia verbs and usage. For more examples and fuller practice, visit the Peewaalia Verb Types page and other lesson pages on this website.
Animate subject does the verb to an animate object.
Peewaalia
English
Audio
-elaani
I / me → you
first-person singular does verb to second-person singular
-aki
I / me → him / her
first-person singular does verb to third-person singular
-iyani
you → me
second-person singular does verb to first-person singular
-aci
you → him / her
second-person singular does verb to third-person singular
-ici
him / her → me
third-person singular does verb to first-person singular
-ehki
him / her → you
third-person singular does verb to second-person singular
-aaci
him / her → him / her
third-person singular does verb to third-person singular
-elakoki
I / me → you (plural)
first-person singular does verb to second-person plural
(-elakoki = when the a in the syllable -lak- falls in a weak / odd syllable position)
-elakakoki
I / me → you (plural)
first-person singular does verb to second-person plural
(-elakakoki = when the a in the syllable -lak- falls in an even / strong syllable position)
Example Animate Transitive Verbs with these endings
Peewaalia
English
Audio
neewaki
I see him, I see her
noontawaci
you hear him / her, you understand him / her
aalimiihtoolakoki
I cook for you(plural)
teepaalilakakoki
I love you(plural)
eehsaki
I have him/her, I put him/her
For more verbs using these endings, see the Animate Transitive Verbs section on the Peewaalia Verb Types page
Animate subject does the verb, or the verb is about (describes) the animate subject; there is no object in this verb type.
Peewaalia
English
Audio
-aani
I
[do verb / verb about]
First-Person Singular
-ani
you
[do verb / verb about]
Second-Person Singular
-eekwi / -iikwi
you (plural)
[do verb / verb about]
Second-Person Plural
-ci / -ki
he or she
[do verb / verb about]
Third-Person Singular
-waaci / -oowaaci
they
[do verb / verb about]
Third-Person Plural
-aanki
we (exclusive)
[do verb / verb about]
First-Person Plural Exclusive
-ankwi
we (inclusive)
[do verb / verb about]
First-Person Plural Inclusive
Example Animate Intransitive Verbs with these endings
Peewaalia
English
Audio
weehsiniaani
I am eating, I ate
eenihiweeyani
you win, you won
eenseensici
he / she is bright green
iihkwaahkosici
he is short, she is short
weenkilici { for animate food }
he (animate food) tastes good, he is tasty, he is good to eat { for animate food }
For more verbs using these endings, see the Animate Intransitive Verbs section on the Peewaalia Verb Types page.
Animate subject does the verb to or with an inanimate object.
Peewaalia
English
Audio
-aani
I → it
first-person singular does verb to or with an inanimate object
-ani
you → it
second-person singular does verb to or with an inanimate object
-eekwi / -iikwi
you (plural) → it
second-person plural does verb to or with an inanimate object
-ki
he or she → it
second-person singular does verb to or with an inanimate object
-waaci / -oowaaci
they → it
third-person plural does verb to or with an inanimate object
-aanki
we (exclusive) → it
first-person plural exclusive does verb to or with an inanimate object
-ankwi
we (inclusive) → it
first-person plural inclusive does verb to or with an inanimate object
Example Inanimate Transitive Verbs with these endings
Peewaalia
English
Audio
meeciaani
I eat it, I ate it
neemaani
I see it
neemani
you see it
weelaalaansamaani
I color it, I make it a color
eehtooyani
you have it, you put it
For more verbs using these endings, see the Inanimate Transitive Verbs section on the Peewaalia Verb Types page.
The verb describes an inanimate subject, the action of an inanimate subject, or an inanimate condition or happening; there is no object in the verb.
Peewaalia
English
Audio
-ki
with initial change & -ki ending
used to make general statements (past/present) & w/h questions
sound: kig without the g, kick without the ck
-wi
no initial change & -wi ending
used for all other instances such as with:
kati (future & other markers)
-nko (yes/no questions) [a few exceptions can occur]
negatives
sound: wig without the g, wick without the ck
Initial change is when the initial vowel (the first vowel in the stem) changes
with initial change & -ki ending
Peewaalia
English
Audio
peetilaanki
it is raining, it rains
weenkanki
it tastes good, it’s tasty
eetakinki
it is wet
no initial change & -wi ending
Peewaalia
English
Audio
piitilaanwi
it is raining, it rains
wiinkanwi
it tastes good, it’s tasty
atakinwi
it is wet
When Inanimate Intransitive Verbs are used in general statements or in what, who, where, why, which, how type questions (w/h questions), it will have the initial change in it and the -ki ending. (Inanimate Intransitive Verb -ki ending will always have initial change.)
Peewaalia
English
Audio
noonki kaahkiihkwe peetilaanki
it is raining today
keetwi weenkanki
what tastes good?
taanaaha eetakinki
where is it wet?
When Inanimate Intransitive Verbs are used with all other usage aspect instances such as, kati (future & other markers), -nko (yes/no questions), negatives, there is no initial change, and it will have the -wi ending. (Inanimate Intransitive Verb -wi ending will always have no initial change.)
Peewaalia
English
Audio
kinšimi kati piitilaanwi
it is going to rain soon
wiinkanwinko
does it taste good? is it tasty?
atakinsiinoowi
it is not wet
For more verbs using these endings, see the Inanimate Intransitive Verbs section on the Peewaalia Verb Types page.
For all Peewaalia Verb Types see — Peewaalia Verb Types page. To understand how animacy shapes which verb are used, and the animacy of nouns that go with it, see the Animate & Inanimate Concepts page.
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