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ts'inli ts'in•li ᙫᐣᘦ V

we (3+) are

[∅-li <li₂ «exist»] Imperfective Affirmative Stative

This verb form belongs to the paradigm be.

								ts'									in		∅	li
ADV	REST	PObj	P	Curs	N	Neg	Obj	Sₒ	WHq	Con	Dq	Nq	Sq	Inc	Neg	Mod	Asp	Sᵢ	Valence	Stem
19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	Stem
Disjunct Zone							Conjunct Zone												Valence	Stem

Examples

(1)

T̲s̲'iyawh	gadulek	ts'inli.
all [abstract]	Catholic	we (3+) are
We're all Catholic.

(2)

Wheni	Lheidli T'enneh	ts'inli.
we	Lheidli people	we (3+) are
We are the Lheidli people.

(3)

T̲s̲'iyawh	Seymour	ts'inli.
all [abstract]	Seymour	we (3+) are
we are all Seymours.

(4)

Lheidli whut'en	ts'inli.	Ts'ujun	ts'uhoont'i.	Nkeyoh	ts'i	uztejun.
Lheidli person	we are	we sing	we are happy to	your (1) territory	in	we will sing
We are Lheidli people. We like to sing. We will sing on your territory.

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