Enets, Forest
Conjugate Verbs
Facts
- Language: Enets, Forest
- Alternate names: Yenisei Samoyedic, Bay Enets, Pe-Bae
- Language code: enf
- Language family:
Uralic, Samoyedic, Enets-Nenets, Enets
- Number of speakers: 40
- Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
- Script: Cyrillic script
More information:
Introduction
The Enets language is a Samoyedic language, formerly known as Yenisei Samoyedic (not to be confused with the Yeniseian language family, which is completely unrelated). They still speak their language, but education is in Russian so there is fear they may lose their language.
The verb
Sample verb dire-.
Aorist
| sg.1 | direδ |
| sg.2 | dired |
| sg.3 | dire |
| du.1 | direjʔ |
| du.2 | direriʔ |
| du.3 | direhiʔ |
| pl.1 | direāʔ |
| pl.2 | direraʔ |
| pl.3 | direʔ |
Preterite
| sg.1 | direδod́ |
| sg.2 | diredoś |
| sg.3 | direś |
| du.1 | direbid́ |
| du.2 | direrid́ |
| du.3 | direhid́ |
| pl.1 | direbat́ |
| pl.2 | direrat́ |
| pl.3 | diret́ |
Future
| sg.1 | diredaδ |
| sg.2 | diredad |
| sg.3 | direda |
| du.1 | diredajʔ |
| du.2 | diredariʔ |
| du.3 | diredahiʔ |
| pl.1 | diredāʔ |
| pl.2 | diredaraʔ |
| pl.3 | diredaʔ |
Imperative
| sg.2 | direʔ |
| sg.3 | direb́ |
| du.2 | direriʔ |
| pl.2 | direraʔ |
References
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Künnap, Ago.
Enets.
Languages of the World/Materials 186.
LINCOM.
München, 1999.