Sauk I
A
verb that involves doing something
 to another party is called transitive. So
wîhkomêwa
 ‘invite’ means literally ‘he/she invites
 him/her.’ Transitive verbs have the
ending
 -êwa (for ‘he/she ___ him/her’), which
 can be replaced as needed by the
 combinations for the other persons, as
 given in the following tables.
 Transitive
inanimate (TI)
 a) verbs ending in amwa:
 I ___ it/them
ne(t)___a
 you (sg.) ___ it/them
ke(t)___a
 he/she ___ it/them
___amwa
 we (excl.) ___ it/them
ne(t)___âpena
 we (incl.) ___ it/them
ke(t)___âpena
 you (pl.) ___ it/them
ke(t)___âpwa
 they ___ it/them
___amôki
 Animate intransitive (AI)
 I ___
ne(t)___
 you (sg.) ___ ke(t)___
 he/she ___
___wa
 we (excl.) ___ ne(t)___pena
 we (incl.) ___ ke(t)___pena
 you (pl.) ___ ke(t)___pwa
 they ___
___waki

 Inanimate intransitive (II)
 it ___
___wi
 they ___
___wani
lion
turtle
owl
elk
duck