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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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8 Verbs<br />

to cut out the stomach because the esophagus has been tied in a knot, preventing<br />

the stomach’s contents from running out.<br />

(19) men mån<br />

men mån<br />

but<br />

tjådågov<br />

tjådågo-v<br />

lev tjåjvev<br />

le-v tjåjve-v<br />

1sg.nom be-1sg.prs stomach-acc.sg cut-prog<br />

lev tjadnam<br />

le-v tjadna-m<br />

esophagus-acc.sg be-1sg.prs knot-prf<br />

ruhtastemin<br />

ruhtaste-min<br />

tjieboten<br />

tjiebote-n<br />

neck-iness.sg<br />

ullgus,<br />

ullgus<br />

out<br />

‘But I am cutting out the stomach, I have knotted the esophagus in the<br />

neck.’<br />

[pit080909.054-055]<br />

In (20), the speaker indicates that one can dip potatoes in fish fat only after one<br />

has fried the fat, thus melting it.<br />

(20) gu<br />

gu<br />

lä dav<br />

lä d-a-v<br />

when be\2sg.prs dem-dist\acc.sg<br />

bassam, dä<br />

bassa-m dä<br />

máhta<br />

máhta<br />

fry-prf then can\2sg.prs<br />

pironijd budnjut<br />

pironi-jd budnju-t<br />

potato-acc.pl dip-inf<br />

‘Once you have fried it, you can dip potatoes (in it).’<br />

[pit090702.088]<br />

Finally, in (21), the perfect form <strong>of</strong> the verb jábmet ‘die’ is used to mark the state<br />

<strong>of</strong> being dead resulting from the event <strong>of</strong> dying as opposed to the present state<br />

<strong>of</strong> being alive.<br />

(21) da<br />

d-a<br />

lä jábmam,<br />

lä jábma-m<br />

dem-dist\nom.pl be\3pl.prs die-prf<br />

ber<br />

ber<br />

only<br />

muv<br />

muv<br />

1sg.gen<br />

äddne’l<br />

viessomin dále<br />

äddne=l<br />

viesso-min dále<br />

mother\nom.sg=be\3sg.prs live-prog now<br />

‘They have died, only my mother is still living now.’<br />

8.2.2.2 Progressive<br />

[pit100310b.145]<br />

Verbs in the progressive indicate that an activity is ongoing. The progressive verb<br />

form is marked by the suffix -min (glossed as prog) appended to the verb stem,<br />

which is in the strong grade when consonant gradation is relevant. In (19) above,<br />

the speaker uses the progressive form rhtastemin because he is in the middle <strong>of</strong><br />

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