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VTA Conjunct: Inverse Forms and the Dubitative
John's father can't find him, I wish..., I don't know if...
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Mani mak An
Apu tshi mishkakut Tshaune utauia.
Tshaune's (Johnny's) father can't find him.
Uishamiku utauia tshetshi nikutet.
His father is asking him to get firewood.
Nuapamati Tshaune apu shukáµ shashish.
I saw Tshaune (Johnny) a little while ago.
Apu tshissenimak tshetshi uitsheuakue nana Punissa ekusseniti.
I don't know whether he (absent) went fishing with Puniss.
Tshima mishkakut utauia.
I wish his father could find him.
Mitshennua mita tshe tashkaikau.
There's a lot of wood for them to split.
Apu tshissenimimaki Tshaune utuaia tshetshi tashtkaitshenikue e peikussiniti.
I don't know whether Tshaune's (Johnny's) father can split the wood by himself.
