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yawi
yawi
Pipil
Verb
yawi
- (intransitive) to go, to move through space
- Yajki ka itechan pal kita ne imiakwan
- She/he went to his town to see her/his family
- Nemi pal niawi nikpanultia muchi tey ne timunekit pal ne shupan
- I have to go to move everything we will need for the rainy season
- Yajki ka itechan pal kita ne imiakwan
- (auxiliary) to be going to (used to indicate the future)
- Ashan niu-ninaka ka nuchan ika nikukuya
- Today I'm going to stay home because I'm sick
- Ashan niu-ninaka ka nuchan ika nikukuya
Conjugation
Conjugation of yawi
| tense | singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| naja | taja | yaja | tejemet | anmejemet | yejemet | ||||
| present | niawi | tiawi | yawi | tiawit | anyawit | yawit | |||
| subjunctive | ma niaw | ma shiaw/shu | ma yawi | ma tiawit | ma shawit/shumet | ma yawit/yawikan | |||
| past | niajki | tiajki | yajki | tiajket | anyajket | yajket | |||
| perfect | niajtuk | tiajtuk | yajtuk | tiajtiwit | anyajtiwit | yajtiwit | |||
| future* | niasneki | tiasneki | yasneki | tiasnekit | anyasnekit | yasnekit | |||
| (nias**) | (tias**) | (yas**) | (tiasket**) | (anyasket**) | (yasket**) | ||||
| conditional | niaskia | tiaskia | yaskia | tiaskiat | anyaskiat | yaskiat | |||
| pluperfect* | niajtuya | tiajtuya | yajtuya | tiajtuyat | anyajtuyat | yajtuyat | |||
| conditional perfect* | niajtuskia | tiajtuskia | yajtuskia | tiajtuskiat | anyajtuskiat | yajtuskiat | |||
| imperative | - | shiaw/shu | - | tiawit | shawit/shumet | - | |||
| *These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech. | |||||||||
| **Archaic forms, no longer used in modern speech. | |||||||||
Usage notes
- In informal speech, the auxiliary verb yawi to indicate periphrastic future often takes the shortened form yu- conjugated for the corresponding person with no plural markers.