Kwextlan Gram. – Tlahtoltapazolli

Section

Example

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Plural Meh

dogs, cats, girls, boys

Intransitive Subjects: Ni, ti, 0

I walk. You walk. He walks. She walks. We walk. You all walk. We walk.

Noun Subjects

I am a boy. You are a boy. She is a girl.

Little: Pil

little doggie, kitty, little girl

Possessive

my dog, her cat, your house

Negation

No. I don’t walk. Not yet. No more.

Plural: Tzin, Tzitzin

little dogs, little boys, elder (with respect)

Independent Pronouns

Me. You. Her. Us. Them. Ya‘ll. You Guys.

Possessive and Subjects Together

I am your son. You are my father. She is my aunt.

Transitive Prefix

I see you. You hit me. She kisses her.

Intransitive, or Transitive?

I see vs. I see you

Irregular Verbs

I go, I went, I had gone. I had been at.

Te and TLA

I see people. You hit things.

Directionals: On, Hual

I sing in that direction, I sing in this direction

Reflexive Mo

I see myself. I shower myself.

Commands: MA, Xi, CAN

Come here! Let’s Run!

The Present Tense

We walk. We are walking.

The Future Tense

We will walk.

The Past Tense

We walked. We cried.

The Past Progressive

I was walking, I used to walk

The Potential Tense

I would have ran, but…

Adding -ya to verbs

I already ran, will run already

Agentives

Teacher, Student, Doctor, Runner, Swimmer, Sleeper

I will be, I could be

I will be a teacher, I could be a teacher, I was a teacher

Directional Purposive

I came to eat.

I will come to eat.

I went to eat.

I will go to eat.

Stative TOK

I am sleeping.

Tenses with TO: Tok, Toya, Tos

I had been sleeping, I had slept, I will be sleeping

Para

I said "that" I need to shower.

Double Verbs

He’s going about singing. She’s often dancing about. He cries here and there.

Questions

Who is that? What is he doing? Where am I? When did you come? Why are you asking?

Confusion Drills: Plurals

meh vs. huan vs. h

Confusion Drills: 3rd Person

He is walking vs. His dog vs. he saw her.

Confusion Drills: Keep the same subject.

I want to eat.