Request for examples

[Hardy, Frank]

The following examples are from Navajo: 

ání (á "thus" + ní "say"), "he says thus," if "thus" is the best gloss for this prefix. (Also ní "he says.") Parallel with this we have 
ákóní (á "thus" + kó "thus" + ní "say"), "he says thus (with emphasis on thus)." (Also kóní "he says thus.") 

Separately, but putting the previous line (ákóní, kóní) in context, we have
át'é (á "thus" + t'é "be"), "it is thus." (But NOT also just *t'é "it is.") Parallel with this we have 
ákót'é (á "thus" + kó "thus" + t'é "it is thus"), "it is thus (with emphasis on thus)." (Also kót'é "it is thus.")

Hope this helps.


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From: ATHAPBASCKAN-L [mailto:ATHAPBASCKAN-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of James Crippen
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Subject: Request for examples

Can anyone send me an example or two of the verb "people said so" in
their favorite Athabaskan language? According to an article I'm
reading, this verb has the areal prefix as an irregular indefinite
human subject in most or all languages in the family. I'd like to
collect a couple of examples of this for an informal paper I'm writing
for a class. Here's the Tlingit form as a template of what I'd like to
see:

yéi khuyaawakhaa
yéi=khu-ÿa-ÿu-ÿa-khaa
thus=AREAL-VSFC-PFV-CL[−D,0,+I]-say
"people said so"

VSFC = vertical surface (< du yá "his face", a yá "its vertical surface")
CL[−D,0,+I] = classifier, +D, 0-series, positive I component (only
occurs in Tlingit and Eyak)

If you can provide a published reference for where the form occurs,
that's great, but otherwise I'll just say "personal communication".

Thanks,
James