do/done auxiliary

[Carolyn Quintero]

In Osage certainly -naN / -noN appears post-verb-root and is imperfective,
'habitually, always, usually, continually'.    It very often appears in
'past' contexts 'was always verb-ing; always used to verb' .  Most often
followed by -pe, (from api 'pluralizer' dhe 'declarative' )in 3rd person
sentences.  Is there another -naN that is 'past' or 'perfective'?  How is it
used?
Carolyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Rudin/HU/AC/WSC" <CaRudin1 at wsc.edu>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: do/done auxiliary


>
> Bob wrote:
> ...?uN crops up on most Siouan
> languages as a part of various enclitics signaling
> 'past' or 'perfective', including but not limited to,
> Dhegiha -noN/-naN, glossed 'past' by Dorsey,...
>
> Is this the -noN (1st person -noNmoN) that I always gloss "usually" or
> "habitual"?  How would past/perfective give this very IMperfective
meaning?
> Or are there (sigh) TWO -noN suffixes?   Catherine
>
>