Observation

shetshieu	s/he scares him/her	apu shetshit	you don’t scare her
metueieu	s/he lets him/her play	metuei!	let him play!

The verbs shetshieu and metueieu are verbs with stems ending in i. These verbs are regular, as the stem is stable throughout the conjugation.

TA VERBS WITH long i STEMS

uakaieu	s/he annoys him/her	tshiuakain	you annoy me
uńuitaieu	s/he brings him/her outside	apu uńuitaiat	she doesn’t bring him outside
petutaieu	s/he brings him/her back on foot	nipetutaiau	I bring her back on foot
papamutaieu	s/he takes him/her for a walk	papamutai!	take him for a walk!
tshishkueieu	s/he irritates him/her	tshitshishkuein	you irritate me
itutaieu	s/he takes him/her along on foot	tshititutaitin	I take you along on foot
metueuieu	s/he lets him/her play	nimetueuiananat	we let them play
uitshieu	s/he helps him/her	uitshii!	help me!
pushieu	s/he gets on board it (anim)	pushi!	get on board it (anim)!
mińuashieu	s/he pleases him/her	apu mińuashiin	you don’t please me
mamashieu	s/he disturbs him/her	apu mamashik	I don’t disturb her
shetshieu	s/he scares him/her	apu shetshishk	he doesn’t scare you
aimieu	s/he talks to him/her	apu aimik	I don’t talk to him
ushikuieu	s/he injures him/her	tshushikuimaua	you injure him (obv)
auieu	s/he lends him/her something	auii!	lend it to me!
natauieu	s/he hunts for him/her	apu natauiin	you don’t hunt for me

NOTES ON SPELLING

The main difficulty with long i stems occurs in the imperative, where it is important to distinguish between the 2s-1s and 2s-3s forms; in writing, these two forms are distinguished by the addition of a second i, as in 2s-1s, while nothing is added to the stem in the 2s-3s form: aimi + i = aimii! talk to me! 2s-1s aimi + ø = aimi! talk to him! 2s-3s papamutai + i = papamutaii! take me for a walk! 2s-1s papamutai + ø = papamutai! walk him! 2s-3s uitshi + i = uitshii! help me! 2s-1s uitshi + ø = uitshi! help her! 2s-3s

Where the two i‘s are written, there is a low tone in the pronunciation: [ajmì].