najitgismit : going to go swim / set out to swim / going to bathe in the river (older meaning)

Recordings:

Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)

Eunice Metallic

Joe Wilmot

Part of speech: verb animate intransitive

Translation: He/she is going to go swim swim

Gloss: going to go swim

Gloss: set out to swim

Gloss: going to bathe in the river (older meaning)

Example:

Text: Teluet najitgismit gaqa'tegej.

Translation: He/she says he/she is going swimming when he/she is finished what he/she is doing.

Recording: Joe Wilmot

Pronunciation guide: na·jit·gi·sêm·it

Alternate grammatical form:

najitgismi — I am going to go swim — (first person singular animate)

najitgismieg — we are going to go swim — (first person dual exclusive animate)

najitgismultieg / najitgismu'tieg — we are going to go swim — (first person plural exclusive animate)

Document reference:

Transcription: natji tgisemi, aller se baigner

Transliteration: najitgismi, to go swim/bathe

Source as entry: naji tgisemi

Normalized source as entry: najitgismi

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