Lesson #2 In-class exercise

1. Lesson #2 In-class exercise

2. Object Prefixes: • nech mi/me tech nosotros/us • mitzti/you amechustedes/you (pl) • c/qui el, ella/him, her, it quim (quin)ellos, ellas/them • Identify the subject and object prefixes in the following verbs (akin to examples on p. 9): • (Note: the verb is namaca, to sell) • nicmacanamechnamaca • mitznamacanechnamaca Why might the following examples be ambiguous as subject and object? • quinamacaticnamaca

3. Lesson 2-B • Reflexive pronouns • no (n) to (t) • mo (m) mo (m) • mo (m) mo (m) • If motta were a possessed noun, what would you expect to see on the end (see pp. 3, 10)? • How is motta ambiguous as a verb, in other words, what are the various ways this conjugation could be translated (see pp. 10, 11)? • Lesson 2-C • Provide translation and analyze the following examples: • tehuatltipiltzin Pedro • itatzinLeonardo quimacaitlalinantzin Maria

4. Reflexive as equivalent of the passive and the impersonal: •  mochihua mocahua motta mitoa • Note the semantic change of meaning of cocoa in the nino- form: • nimitzcocoa ninococoa • Reflexive can represent a second or indirect object and appear as "nicno-” in Molina: •  cuitia nicnocuitia • Vocabulary/lesson 2/ Lockhart • amo=no atle=nothing ayac=no one nican=here • canin=when? aquin=who? ompa=there tleica=why? • acan=nowhere aic=never cahua=leave, give, abandon,relinquish • ana=take, sieze, arrest, stretch qua or tlaqua=eat • pia=guard, keep, hold, have chihua=do, make, engender