The "A" class verb 'play', 'play it' in present tense.

Root verb -anelohvs-

ᏕᎦᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - deg-anelohvs-ga I am playing (it).

ᏕᎭᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - deh-anelohvs-ga you are playing (it).

ᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - danelohvs-ga he/she/it is playing (it).

ᏕᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - den-anelohvs-ga the two of us (including you) are playing (it).

ᏕᏍᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - desd-anelohvs-ga you two are playing (it).

ᏙᏍᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - dosd-anelohvs-ga the two of us (not including you) are playing (it).

ᏕᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - ded-anelohvs-ga we (including you) are all playing (it).

ᏙᏣᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - dots-anelohvs-ga we (not including you) are all playing (it).

ᏕᏣᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - dets-anelohvs-ga you are all playing (it).

ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ - dan-anelohvs-ga they are playing (it).


1. ᏕᎦᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ Ꭺ ᎢᎦ. Deganelohvsga go iga.
I am playing today.

2. ᏙᏰᎯᏍᎪ ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ. Doyehisgo dananelohvsga.
Are they playing outside?

3. ᎠᏫᏒᏗᏱ ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ ᎠᎾᏔ. Awisvdiyi dananelohvsga anata.
The teenage girls are playing in the garden.

4. ᏙᏣᏁᎶᎲᏍᎪ ᎠᏙᎯ. Dotsanelohvsga adohi.
We all (not you) are playing in the forest.

5. ᎠᎹᏱ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏫᏓᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ. Amayi gesdi yiwidananelohvsga.
They are not playing over in the water.


Vocabulary

ᎪᎯ ᎢᎦ - go(hi) iga - today
ᏙᏰᎯ - doyehi - outside
ᎠᎾᏔ - anata - the teenage girls
ᎠᏫᏒᏗᏱ awisvdiyi - a garden
ᎠᏙᎯ adohi - forest
ᎠᎹᏱ amayi - in the water

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