Transitive Inanimate Verbs
Transitive inanimate verbs are of, basically, two types: Type 1 are those with a stem that ends in a consonant (ex: "wāpaht-am" --> "he sees it") and Type 2 are those where the transitive inanimate stem end in a vowel. These verbs take the same endings as their animate intransitive counterparts (ex: ayā-w --> "she has it"). There are also verbs that some Algonquian linguists describe as "pseudo-transitive" verbs. Ellis groups them with Type 2 transitive inanimate verbs because they also function like transitive inanimate verbs while taking animate intransitive endings (ex: "wāpahtam sīpīliw" --> "he sees the river").
Independent Indicative
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First Person | -ēn | -ēnān |
| Second Person | -ēn | -ēnāwāw |
| Inclusive We | -ēnānaw | |
| Third person | -am | -amwak |
| Obviative | -amiliwa | |
| indefinite, passive | -ikātēw | |
Conjunct Indicative
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First Person | -amān | -amāhk |
| Second Person | -aman | -amēk |
| Inclusive We | -amahk | |
| Third person | -ahk | -ahkik |
| Obviative | -amilici | |
| indefinite, passive | -ikātēk | |
Conjunct Subjunctive
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First Person | -amānē | -amāhkē |
| Second Person | -amanē / -yinē | -amēkwē |
| Inclusive We | -amahkwē | |
| Third person | -ahkē / ~kē | -ahkwāwē / ~kwāwē |
| Obviative | -amilitē | |
| indefinite, passive | -ikātēkē | |
Imperative
| non-relational | relational | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| Second Person | -a | -amok | -am | -amwāhk |
| Inclusive We | -ētā(k) | -amwātā(k) | ||
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