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SENĆOŦEN is a Salish language spoken by the Saanich First Nations community of Vancouver Island, Canada. The Saanich Verb Database is a searchable resource of SENĆOŦEN data provided by four Saanich elders between 2005 and 2012 for Dr. Claire K. Turner’s research on aspect and modality.

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There are 4535 sentences in the database. Reorder by verb root or verb stem.

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Verb rootVerb stemExampleNotes
qʷelḰÁLЌÁL SEN
qʷel=sən
talk=1sg.sbj
I’m going to talk.		CT Fieldwork 2006
qʷelḰÁLЌÁL E SW̱?
qʷel=ʔə=sxʷ
talk=q=2sbj
Are you going to speak?		CT Fieldwork 2006
qʷelḰÁLЌÁL E SW̱?
qʷel=ʔə=sxʷ
talk=q=2sbj
Are you going to speak?		CT Fieldwork 2006
qʷelḰÁLNEC̸E TW̱ ЌÁL
nəkʷə txʷ-qʷel
2sg.pred inch-talk
You talk.		CT Fieldwork 2006
qʷelḰÁLTW̱I NEC̸E TW̱ ЌÁL
txʷ-iʔ nəkʷə txʷ-qʷel
inch-com 2sg.pred inch-talk
You go and talk.		CT Fieldwork 2006
qʷelḰÁLTW̱I NEC̸E TW̱ YÁ ЌÁL
txʷ-iʔ nəkʷə txʷ-yeʔ qʷel
inch-com 2sg.pred inch-go talk
You go and speak (to someone).		CT Fieldwork 2006
kʷečəŋȻÁĆEṈC̸ÁĆEṈ
kʷečəŋ
shout
Yell. (telling someone to yell)		CT Fieldwork 2006
kʷečəŋȻÁĆEṈC̸ÁĆEṈ ŦE Janet
kʷečəŋ θə Janet
shout fem.det Janet
Janet yelled; Janet called.		"Turner 2005: 252; Turner 2007: 30, 85"
Notes: Second translation given by John Elliott.
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋȻĆÁṈETEṈC̸ĆÁṈETEṈ SEN EṮ Janet
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋ=sən ʔə=ƛ̓ Janet
shout-c.tr-pass=1sg.sbj obl=pn.det Janet
Janet yelled at me.		CT Fieldwork 2006
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋȻĆÁṈETEṈC̸ĆÁṈETEṈ SEN EṮ Janet C̸NES I ŚETEṈ
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋ=sən ʔə=ƛ̓ Janet kʷ=nə=s ʔiʔ-šətəŋ̓
shout-c.tr-pass=1sg.sbj obl=pn.det Janet comp=1sg.poss=nmlz process-walk\ipfv
Janet yelled at me while we were walking.		CT Fieldwork 2006
Notes: I follow Timothy Montler (p.c.) in using the term ‘process’ for this prefix that is used when an action is ongoing.
šətəŋ̓ŚETEṈC̸ĆÁṈETEṈ SEN EṮ Janet C̸NES I ŚETEṈ
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋ=sən ʔə=ƛ̓ Janet kʷ=nə=s ʔiʔ-šətəŋ̓
shout-c.tr-pass=1sg.sbj obl=pn.det Janet comp=1sg.poss=nmlz process-walk\ipfv
Janet yelled at me while we were walking.		CT Fieldwork 2006
Notes: I follow Timothy Montler (p.c.) in using the term ‘process’ for this prefix that is used when an action is ongoing.
nəw̓-il-əŋNU,ILEṈC̸ĆÁṈETEṈ SEN EṮ Janet C̸NES NU,ILEṈ
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋ=sən ʔə=ƛ̓ Janet kʷ=nə=s nəw̓-il-əŋ
shout-c.tr-pass=1sg.sbj obl=pn.det Janet comp=1sg.poss=nmlz get.in-direct-mid
Janet yelled at me when I came in.		CT Fieldwork 2006
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋȻĆÁṈETEṈC̸ĆÁṈETEṈ SEN EṮ Janet C̸NES NU,ILEṈ
kʷčeŋ-ət-əŋ=sən ʔə=ƛ̓ Janet kʷ=nə=s nəw̓-il-əŋ
shout-c.tr-pass=1sg.sbj obl=pn.det Janet comp=1sg.poss=nmlz get.in-direct-mid
Janet yelled at me when I came in.		CT Fieldwork 2006
k̓ʷeyQȺC̸L̵ QA̸ SEN
kʷɬ=k̓ʷey=sən
prf=get.hungry=1sg.sbj
I’m hungry.		CT Fieldwork 2006
k̓ʷeyQȺQȺ SEN
k̓ʷey=sən
get.hungry=1sg.sbj
I’m hungry; I got hungry.		Turner 2005: 250; Turner 2007: 29, 54, 84
k̓ʷeyQȺQA̸ SEN C̸NES QEN,NEW̱ TŦE S,IL̵EN
k̓ʷey=sən kʷ=nə=s k̓ʷən-nəxʷ tθə s-ʔiɬən
get.hungry=1sg.sbj comp=1sg.poss=nmlz get.seen-nc.tr gnrl.det nmlz-eat
I got hungry when I saw the food.		CT Fieldwork 2006
k̓ʷən-nəxʷ / k̓ʷən-n-əsQENNEW̱ / QENNESQA̸ SEN C̸NES QEN,NEW̱ TŦE S,IL̵EN
k̓ʷey=sən kʷ=nə=s k̓ʷən-nəxʷ tθə s-ʔiɬən
get.hungry=1sg.sbj comp=1sg.poss=nmlz get.seen-nc.tr gnrl.det nmlz-eat
I got hungry when I saw the food.		CT Fieldwork 2006
ɬčikʷəsȽĆIȻESL̵ĆIC̸ES SEN LO
ɬčikʷəs=sən=ləʔ
get.tired=1sg.sbj=pst
I was tired.		CT Fieldwork 2006
ɬčikʷəsȽĆIȻESL̵ĆIC̸ES LO SEN
ɬčikʷəs=ləʔ=sən
get.tired=pst=1sg.sbj
I was tired.		CT Fieldwork 2006
ɬčikʷəsȽĆIȻESL̵ĆIC̸ES SEN
ɬčikʷəs=sən
get.tired=1sg.sbj
I’m tired; I’m getting tired.		CT Fieldwork 2006
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