Sauk I
A verb that involves doing something to another party is called transitive. So wîhkomêwa ‘invite’ means literally ‘he/she invites him/her.’ Transitive verbs have the ending -êwa (for ‘he/she ___ him/her’), which can be replaced as needed by the combinations for the other persons, as given in the following tables.
Transitive inanimate (TI) a) verbs ending in amwa: I ___ it/them ne(t)___a you (sg.) ___ it/them ke(t)___a he/she ___ it/them ___amwa we (excl.) ___ it/them ne(t)___âpena we (incl.) ___ it/them ke(t)___âpena you (pl.) ___ it/them ke(t)___âpwa they ___ it/them ___amôki
Animate intransitive (AI) I ___ ne(t)___ you (sg.) ___ ke(t)___ he/she ___ ___wa we (excl.) ___ ne(t)___pena we (incl.) ___ ke(t)___pena you (pl.) ___ ke(t)___pwa they ___ ___waki Inanimate intransitive (II) it ___ ___wi they ___ ___wani
cardinal
buffalo
bear
deer
raccoon