-ta

Definition:

Will do something, going to do something.

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Function:

Attach to the end of a verb.

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Examples:

1. Future tense.
   1. áwnam ímč̓a wáta waníči ‘now you also will be named’;
   2. pawaníčtanam sɨ́kni ‘they will name you Síkni‘;
   3. kumaš ƛ̓áax̣ʷ níix̣ wɨ́šayčta ‘and all yours will become good’.
2. Used in noncounterfactual conditionals:
   1. apam kú ttáwax̣ta kupam p̓ɨ́x̣ta ‘when you grow up you will remember’;
   2. apam kú tkʷáynpta kupam laˀák wiyáłamayčta ‘when you go hunting you might get lost’.
3. Often with deontic sense:
   1. kunam íkʷɨn wínata ‘and you should go there’;
   2. qqaanáytapam ‘you should work!’;
   3. sápsik̓ʷatapam sɨ́nwit naamí ‘you should teach our language’.

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See more:

1. [NP /-uˀ/, future cislocative /-uˀkum/; Sahaptin future -ta is a grammatical extension of purposive -ta.]