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Asxinux̂ hlax̂ kidukux̂. The girl is helping the boy.

Hlax̂ asxinux̂ kidukux̂. The boy is helping the girl.

Asxinux̂ ting kidukux̂. The girl is helping me.

Hlax̂ txin kidukux̂. The boy is helping you.

Ting kidukux̂t. You are helping me.

Txin kidukuq. I am helping you.

Asxinux̂ hlas kidukux̂. The girl is helping the boys.

Hlas asxinux̂ kidukus. The boys are helping the girl.

Asxinux̂ tingin kidukux̂. The girl is helping us.

(timas = tingin = tingis)

Asxinux̂ kidukus. We are helping the girl.

Hlax̂ txichix kidukux̂. The boy is helping you (several).

Hlax̂ kidukux̂txichix. You (several) are helping the boy.

Asxinus hlas kidukus. The girls are helping the boys.

Hlas asxinus kidukus. The boys are helping the girls.

Asxinus tingin kidukus. The girls are helping us.

Hlas txichix kidukus. The boys are helping you (several).

Txin achixakuq. I am teaching you.

Ting achixakuq. I am teaching me (myself) = I am learning.

Txin achixakux̂t. You are teaching you (yourself) = You are learning.

Hlax̂ txin achixakux̂. The boy is teaching himself = is learning. (tiim = txin)

Tingin achixakux̂txichix. You (several) are teaching us.

Tingin achixakus. We are teaching us (ourselves) = We are learning.

Txichix achixakux̂txichix. You are teaching you (yourselves) = You are learning.

Hlas txidix (or txichix) achixakus. The boys are teaching themselves = The boys are learning.

Tingin kidukus. We are helping us = each other.

Hlas txidix (or txichix) kidukus. The boys are helping each other.

Asxinux̂ hlax̂ kidukux̂. The girl is helping the boy.

Asxinux̂ kidukuu hinga. The girl is helping him.

Hlas asxinux̂ kidukus. The boys are helping the girl.

Hlas kidukuu hama. The boys are helping her.

Hlax̂ kidukuq. I am helping the boy.

Kidukung hinga. I am helping him.

Asxinux̂ kidukus. We are helping the girl.

Kidukungin. We are helping her.

Hlax̂ kidukux̂t. You are helping the boy.

Kidukuun. You are helping him.

Asxinux̂ kidukux̂txichix. You are helping the girl.

Kidukuchix. You are helping her.

Hlax̂ karandaasis sukux̂. The boy took the pencils.

Hlam sukungis. The boy took them.

Hlas karandaasis sukus. The boys took the pencils.

Hlas sukungis. The boys took them.

Hlas kidukuq. I am helping the boys.

Kidukuning. I am helping them.

Hlas kidukus. We are helping the boys.

Kidukungin. We are helping them.

Asxinus kidukux̂t. You are helping the girls.

Kidukut. You are helping them.

Asxinus kidukux̂txichix. You are helping the girls.

Kidukuchix. You are helping them.

-kungin we - him/her/it or them

-kuchix you (several) - him/her/it or them

 

Hlam sukuu. The boy took it.

Sukuu. He took it.

Hlas sukuu. The boys took it.

Sukungis. They took it.

Hlam sukungis. The boy took them.

Sukungis. He took them.

Hlas sukungis. The boys took them.

Sukungis. They took them.

 

Dual forms:

Hlax̂ asxinux kidukux̂. The boy is helping the two girls.

Hlam kidukukix. The boy is helping them (two).

Asxinux kidukuq. I am helping the two girls.

Kidukuk (Kidukuking). I am helping them (two).

Asxinux kidukux̂t. You (one) are helping the two girls.

Kidukukin. You are helping them (two).

Asxinux hlax̂ kidukux. The two girls are helping the boy.

Asxinux kidukuu. The two girls are helping him.

Kidukukix. They (two) are helping him. (Also: He/she is helping them two. They two are helping them two.)

Hlax̂ kidukux̂txidix. You (two) are helping the boy.

Kidukudix. You (two) are helping him (or them).

 

Alternative plural forms:

Sukumas = Sukungin. We took it or them.

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