Verbs related to 'trying'

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Listeros,
	In northern Veracruz you use the verb "yehyecoa, nic", but the  
sentence is formed differently in present and in past tense. The  
present uses "tlan hueli...".:
1. Nicyehyecoz tlan hueli nitlehcoz ne tepetl. "I will try to climb  
that hill", or literally, "I will try if I can climb the hill", or  
even better, I will see if I can climb that hill". (And yes, the  
"tlan", "if" ends in "n".)
2. Nicyehyecohqui nitlehcoz ne tepetl. "I tried to climb that hill".
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
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