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General Information
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What is the goal of collecting language information for FirstVoices?
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Verbs: Getting all of the information that you need
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Verbs (action words) are the most important part of most languages and this is especially true when it comes to Indigenous languages spoken in B.C. Whenever you elicit any verb, you should try to get as many forms of the verb as you can.
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Present tense paradigm for “to dance”
Form | Example |
1st person singular | I am dancing |
2nd person singular | You are dancing |
3rd person singular | She/he/it is dancing |
1st person plural | We are dancing |
1st person dual | We (just two of us) are dancing |
1st person inclusive | We (me and you) are dancing |
1st person exclusive | We (me and someone else or others but not you) are dancing |
2nd person plural | You guys are dancing |
2nd person dual | You guys (just two of you) are dancing |
3rd person plural | They are dancing |
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Past tense paradigm of “to dance”
Form | Example |
1st person singular | I danced |
2nd person singular | You danced |
3rd person singular | She/he/it danced |
1st person plural | We danced |
1st person dual | We (just two of us) danced |
1st person inclusive | We (me and you) danced |
1st person exclusive | We (me and someone else or others but not you) danced |
2nd person plural | You guys danced |
2nd person dual | You guys (just two of you) danced |
3rd person plural | They danced |
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