SENĆOŦEN: A Grammar of the Saanich Language

2.2. Future tense: SE¸

Models
1)YÁ¸ SEN SE¸.‘I will go.’
2)YÁ¸ ȽTE SE¸.‘We will go.’
3)YÁ¸ SE¸ SW̱.‘You will go.’
4)YÁ¸ SE¸ SW̱ HÁLE.‘You folks will go.’
5)YÁ¸ SE¸.‘He/she/it/they will go.’
6)ȻENET SEN SE¸.‘I will take it.’
7)ȻENET ȽTE SE¸.‘We will take it.’
8)ȻENET SE¸ SW̱.‘You will take it.’
9)ȻENET SE¸ SW̱ HÁLE.‘You folks will take it.’
10)ȻENETES SE¸.‘She/he/it/they will take it.’

‣ 1 The rule for forming the future tense in SENĆOŦEN is almost as easy as the past tense: put SE, after the verb. However, when the subject is SEN ‘I’ or ȽTE ‘we,’ the SE¸ follows it. So instead of SE, SEN you get SEN SE¸ and instead of SE¸ ȽTE you get ȽTE SE¸.
‣ 2 The future tense is formed the same way in both transitive and intransitive verbs.
‣ 3 Note that, like LE, ‘past tense’, the SE, ‘future tense’ follows the ‑ES ending.
‣ 4  Note that the future tense in English can be expressed in several ways: ‘I will go,’ ‘I’ll go,’ ‘I am going to go,’ or ‘I’m going to go.’  There is only one future tense in SENĆOŦEN.
‣ 5 Remember that, just as for the past tense, the future SE, is not required. So ȻENET SEN, for example, without the future or past marked, could mean 'I take it,' 'I took it,' or 'I will take it' depending on the context. Use SE, only to make it absolutely clear that the event will happen in the future.
‣ 6 It is important to mention that for some speakers it is not possible to use SE, with SW̱  ‘you.’ That is, for some speakers YÁ¸ SE, SW̱ is not good SENĆOŦEN usage. The reason given is that ‘I can’t tell you what you are going to do in the future.’ 
 
ÁȽE E SW̱ U¸ ÍY¸ OL¸?‘How are you?’
U¸ ÍY¸ SEN.‘I’m fine.’
STOṈET SE¸ SW̱ ȻEĆÁ?‘What will you do?’
ȻONEṈET SEN SE¸.‘I’ll run.’
X̱ENIṈ SE¸ ȻEĆÁ EN¸ ŚW̱ȻONEṈET?‘Why will you run?’
ȻENET LE¸ SEN.‘I took it.’
 
2.2A. Translate each of the following into English.
1. ITET SE¸.
2. W̱ITEṈ SEN SE¸.
3. IȾEṈ SE, SW̱ HÁLE.
4. ŚTEṈ SE, SW̱.
5. JISEṈ SE, SW̱.
6. ȽÁU¸ ȽTE SE¸.
7. X̱OṈ SEN SE¸.
8. ȻONEṈET ȽTE SE¸.
9. NEḴEṈ SE¸.
10. NEḴEṈ SE, SW̱ HÁLE.
11. ȻÁ¸ET SEN SE¸.
12. TȻET ȽTE SE¸.
13. ȽIȾET SE, SW̱ HÁLE.
14. ŚJET SE, SW̱.
15. ȻENITES SE¸.		2.2B. Translate each of the following into SENĆOŦEN future tense.
1. You will dive.
2. You all are going to fly.
3. I will sleep.
4. We are going to run.
5. They’ll jump.
6. I’m going to grow.
7. He will run away.
8. She’s going to walk.
9. You are going to cry.
10. We will get dressed.
11. We’re going to cut it.
12. I’ll know it.
13. He’ll take it.
14. She’s going to hit it.
15. You will dry it.
2.2C. Write ten SENĆOŦEN sentences not shown above using the future tense.

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