This is a paradigm for the transitive inanimate verb oowatoo ‘eat something inanimate’, as produced by Beverly Little Bear Hungry Wolf in Jul-Aug 2017. If you hover over the Blackfoot word, a pronunciation guide will be available. Pronunciation guides and audio files are provided by Beverly Little Bear Hungry Wolf (audio files recorded in Jul-Aug 2017).

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the present tense, e.g. ‘I am eating’:

Affirmative present paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	nitáówatoo’pa	‘I am eating it’	1SG
Sound	kitáówatoo’pa	‘You (singular) are eating it’	2SG
Sound	áówatoomaayi	‘S/he is eating it’	3SG
Sound	nitáówatoo’pinnaana	‘We (not including you) are eating it’	1PL
Sound	áówatoo’pa	‘We (all of us) are eating it’ or ‘It is edible’	21
Sound	kitáówatoo’poaa(wa)	‘You (all) are eating it’	2PL
Sound	áówatoomiaawaayi	‘They are eating it’	3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the future tense, e.g. ‘I will eat it’:

Affirmative future paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	nitáaksowatoo’pa	‘I will eat it’	1SG
Sound	kitáaksowatoo’pa	‘You (singular) will eat it’	2SG
Sound	áaksowatoomaayi	‘S/he will eat it’	3SG
Sound	(ni)táaksowatoo’pinnaana	‘We (not including you) will eat it’	1PL
Sound	áaksowatoo’pa	‘We (all of us) will eat it’	21
Sound	kitáaksowatoo’poaa(wa)	‘You (all) will eat it’	2PL
Sound	áaksowatoomiaawaayi	‘They will eat it’	3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the past tense, e.g. ‘I ate it’:

Affirmative past paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	nitsowatoo’pa	‘I ate it’	1SG
Sound	kitsowatoo’pa	‘You (singular) ate it’	2SG
Sound	iiwátoomaayi	‘S/he ate it’	3SG
Sound	nitsowatoo’pinnaana	‘We (not including you) ate it’	1PL
Sound	iiwatoo’pa	‘We (all of us) ate it’	21
Sound	kitsowatoo’poaa(wa)	‘You (all) ate it’	2PL
Sound	iiwatoomiaawaayi	‘They ate it’	3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the present tense with negation, e.g. ‘I am not eating it’:

Negative present paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	nimaatáówatoo’pa	‘I am not eating it’	1SG
Sound	kimaatáówatoo’pa	‘You (singular) are not eating it’	2SG
Sound	maatáówatoomaiksayi	‘S/he is not eating it’	3SG
	nimaatáówatoo’pinnaana	‘We (not including you) are not eating it’	1PL
	maatáówatoo’pa	‘We (all of us) are not eating it’	21
Sound	kimaatáówatoo’poaa(wa)	‘You (all) are not eating it’	2PL
Sound	maatáówatoomaiksaawaayi	‘They are not eating it’	3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the future tense with negation, e.g. ‘I will not eat it’:

Negative future paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	(ni)maatáaksowatoo’pa	‘I will not eat it’	1SG
Sound	kimaatáaksowatoo’pa	‘You (singular) will not eat it’	2SG
Sound	maatáaksowatoomaatsayi	‘S/he will not eat it’	3SG
Sound	nimaatáaksowatoo’pinnaana	‘We (not including you) will not eat it’	1PL
	maatáaksowatoo’pa	‘We (all of us) will not eat it’	21
Sound	kimaatáaksowatoo’poaawa	‘You (all) will not eat it’	2PL
Sound	maatáaksowatoomiaawaayi	‘They will not eat it’	3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the past tense with negation, e.g. ‘I did not eat it’:

Negative past paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’

	Blackfoot word	English	Person
Sound	nimaatsowatoo’pa	‘I did not eat it’	1SG
Sound	kimaatsowatoo’pa	‘You (singular) did not eat it’	2SG
Sound	maatsowatoomaatsayi	‘S/he did not eat it’	3SG
Sound	nimaatsowatoo’pinnaana	‘We (not including you) did not eat it’	1PL
	maatsowatoo’pa	‘We (all of us) did not eat it’	21
Sound	kimaatsowatoo’poaawa	‘You (all) did not eat it’	2PL
Sound	maatsowatoomaiksaawaayi	‘They did not eat it’	3PL