21.2. Asking about time: Conjoined event
Models
| 1) | ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ YÁ¸ SW̱? | ‘When are you going?’ |
| 2) | ĆEN¸TÁṈ SE¸ I¸ YÁ¸ SW̱? | ‘When will you go?’ |
| 3) | ĆEN¸TÁṈ LE¸ I¸ YÁ¸ SW̱? | ‘When did you go?’ |
| 4) | ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ YÁ¸ LE¸ SW̱? | ‘When did you go?’ |
‣ 1 The second way of asking the same types of questions seen in §21.1 uses the I¸ conjunction (§11.1).
‣ 2 The I¸ joins two sentences: the ‘when’ and the event phrase. In this method, the event follows the I¸ and has the regular subject pronoun. The first of the models above could literally (though awkwardly) be translated ‘It’s what time and you go?’
‣ 3 If a tense marker is needed, it can follow ĆEN¸TÁṈ in the first clause, as in model 3, or the verb in the second clause, as in model 4.
 | ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ YÁ¸ SW̱ ṮETAWEN? | ‘When do you go to town?’ |
 | EWENE NE SXĆIT. | ‘I don’t know.’ |
| ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ JÁṈ SE¸ SW̱? | ‘When will you get home?’ |
| EWENE NE SXĆIT. | ‘I don’t know.’ |
| 21.2A. Translate each of the following into English. 1. ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ ȽÁU¸ TŦE SḴAXE¸? 2. ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ IȾEṈ SW̱ HÁLE? 3. ĆEN¸TÁṈ SE¸ I¸ IȽEN SEN? 4. ĆEN¸TÁṈ I¸ NEḴEṈ SW̱? 5. ĆEN¸TÁṈ LE¸ I¸ ȻONEṈET? | 21.2B. Translate each of the following into SENĆOŦEN using the conjoined event method. 1. When did you see it? 2. When will he jump? 3. When do you folks sleep? 4. When will we walk? 5. When did they fly? |