I have singled out a few verbs for review here because their patterns of conjugation are either irregular or difficult.
(1) ndapohkaaw vai-ąą he cooks
Difficulty: hidden vowel (ă) and shift in consonant from (d) to (t)
Nátpohkah
Kŭnátpohkah
Ndúpohkaaw
Nàtpohkahnah
Kŭnàtpohkahnah
Kŭnatpohkahnookw
Kŭnatpohkahmah
Ndúpohkaak
Explanation:
(nu) + (ndupohkąą) = nátpohkah
The prefix (nu) puts stress on the deleted vowel between (n) and (d)
This vowel turns out to be (a)
The cluster (nd) expands to (nat)
Ngataaw-ndapokah. I want to cook.
Ndapohkąątookw. Let’s cook.
Natpohkah wuyaaθ. I’m cooking meat. (s98)
Chiin taaxiiwih ndapohkahaakw. You ought not to cook. (s103)
Aātąąn-ndapohkamuk. In the kitchen. (s88)
(2) Uwah vai he says
Difficulty: irregular beginning pattern and monosyllabic vowel unstable stem ending in (ii)
Nsih
Ksih
Uwah
Nsíhnah
Ksíhnah
Ksíhnookw
Ksíhmah
Úwaak
Iin
Ustah nsíiw
Ustah ksíiw
Ustah íiwih
Ustah nsiiwíhnah
Ustah ksiiwíhnah
Ustah ksiiwihnookw
Ustah ksiiwíhmah
Ustah iiwíik
(3) Aāw vai-ąą he goes
Difficulty: monosyllabic stem (ąą)
Ndah
Ktah
Aāw
Ndáhnah
Ktáhnah
Ktahnookw
Ktáhmah
Aāk
Aąn
Ustah ndąąw
Ustah ktąąw
Ustah aawih
etc
(4) Wmah vai he comes from + location
Difficulty: irregular beginning pattern and monosyllabic stem, weak syllable deletion (wu-)
Noom
Koom
Wmah
Noomhnah
Koomhnah
Koomhnookw
Koomhmah
wmaak
Ustah noomóow
Ustah koomóow
Ustah wmoowih.
Ustah noomoowíhnah.
Ustah koomoowíhnah.
Ustah koomoowihnookw.
Ustah koomoowíhmah.
Ustah wmoowíik.
With preverb kataaw
ngataaw-wmah
etc
(5) Paaw vai-ąą he comes
Difficulty: monosyllabic unstable stem (pąą)
Mbah
Kpah
Paaw
Mbáhnah
Kpáhnah
Kpahnookw
Kpáhmah
Paak
Pąąn
(6) pumúθuw vai he walks
Difficulty: stress assignment, deletion weak syllables
Mbúmθih
Kpúmθih
Pumúθuw
Mbumθíhnah
Kpumθíhnah
Kpumθihnookw
Kpumθíhmah
Pumúθŭwak
Pumuθiin
With preverb kataaw-
ngataaw-pumúθih
kataaw-pumúθih
kataaw-pumúθuw
etc