A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

8 Verbs
Table 8.19: The inflectional paradigm for the Class III verb basset ‘fry’
sg du pl
prs 1 st bas-á-v biss-i-n bass-e-p
2 nd bas-á bass-e-bähten bass-e-bähtet
3 rd bass-a bass-e-ba biss-e
pst 1 st biss-i-v bis-i-jmen bis-i-jmä
2 nd biss-e bis-i-jden bis-i-jdä
3 rd bis-i-j bis-i-jga biss-i-n
imp 2 nd bas-e bass-e-n biss-i-t
inf bass-e-t conneg bas-e
prf bass-a-m
Table 8.20: The consonant gradation pattern, inflectional verb class suffixes and
vowel-harmony features for Class III
singular dual plural
prs 1 st wk -a/á- str -i- +VH str -e-
2 nd wk -a/á str -e- str -e-
3 rd str -a str -e- str -e +VH
pst 1 st str -i- +VH wk -i- +VH wk -i- +VH
2 nd str -e +VH wk -i- +VH wk -i- +VH
3 rd wk -i- +VH wk -i- +VH str -i- +VH
imp 2 nd wk -e str -e- str -i- +VH
inf str -e- conneg wk -e
prf str -a-
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