Habitual aspect condition Ex. 9 –10

14.4 Grammar 179 Examples 1. An ai yegualil, an tigujal ina che. ‗When my friend gets sick, I usually administer medicine.‘ 2. An ai yegualil, an impagin ina che. ‗When my friend gets sick, I often administer medicine.‘ 3. An ai yegualil, an impakwa ina che. ‗When my friend gets sick, I occasionally administer medicine.‘

14.4.4.2 Regular response to habitual aspect condition Ex. 11

When the response to the habitual aspect condition is regular, the nominalized form of the verb stem in the conditional clause is followed by the appropriate adverbs. The shape of the adverb with the exception of ―every time ‖ varies according to the appropriate number stem used. For example, ilbal ‗every time‘, il-ilbogin ‗every second other time ‘, and il-ilpagin ‗every third time‘. Examples 1. An ai yegued ilbal, an ina che. ‗Every time my friend gets sick, I administer medicine.‘ 2. An machi uged il-ilbogin, nono pirpirma. ‗Every other time my son has a fever, he gets dizzy lit.: his head wanders.‘ Exercise 11 . Habitual aspect condition drill The teacher selects a sentence below and says it. The student substitutes the sentence in the frame. Example Teacher: Machered mas emis. Student: Machered mas emijad ilbal, adin ukul nika. Frame ____-d ilbal, adin ukul nika. ‗Every time ____, heshe is hungrythirsty.‘ 1. Machered mas emis. ‗The man cleared the plantains.‘ 2. Machi ua makti. ‗The boy speared fish.‘ 3. Pun mas tus. ‗The girl cooked food.‘ 4. Ome neg turwis. ‗The woman swept the house.‘ 5. Tad neg chobzha. ‗The elder builtworked on a house.‘

14.4.5 Conditional with –le Ex. 12

A conditional sentence parallels the English construction ―If..., then....‖ It is constructed by adding the suffix -le to the long form of the verb stem or to the suffixed verb in the conditional clause. This construction is used when the speaker is uncertain whether or not a condition will be fulfilled. Examples 1. An mol pakele, an pega uko. ‗If I buy cloth, I‘ll give it to you.‘ 2. Anmal yannu makmalale, anmal wis chan pega ukmogo. 78 ‗If we shoot a peccary, we will give you a little meat, too.‘ Exercise 12 . Conditional -le frame drill The teacher says Sentence 1 and the student repeats it; the teacher says Sentence 2 and the student repeats it, etc. Example Teacher: An mol pakele, an mol kinnid pako. Student: An mol pakele, an mol kinnid pako. 1. An mol pakele, an mol kinnid pako. ‗If I buy cloth, I‘ll buy red cloth.‘ 2. An ul ukele, an ul toto uko. ‗If I sell a canoe, I‘ll sell the small one.‘ 78 The indirect object pega occurs after the direct object chan in this example, in order to focus more attention on the one receiving the meat than on the meat itself.