A representation of the pronunciation ofham by a speaker whose dialect lacks thevoiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).
'am (plural'ams)
’am (emphatic’amsa)
Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*ʔam, fromProto-Tupian*ʔam.
'am (first-person singular active indicativea'am,first-person singular negative active indicativen'a'ami,noun'ama)(intransitive)
| Causative | mo'am | |||||
| Causative-comitative | ero'am | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | o'amyba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | 'ambaba | |||||
| -sar(a) | 'ambara | |||||
| Singular | Singular and Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Verbal forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | a'am | ere'am | o'am | oro'am | îa'am | pe'am |
| Permissive | t'a'am | t'ere'am | t'o'am | t'oro'am | t'îa'am | ta pe'am |
| Imperative | e'am | pe'am | ||||
| Negative indicative | n'a'ami | n'ere'ami | n'o'ami | n'oro'ami | n'îa'ami | na pe'ami |
| Negative permissive | t'a'am umẽ | t'ere'am umẽ | t'o'am umẽ | t'oro'am umẽ | t'îa'am umẽ | ta pe'am umẽ |
| Negative imperative | e'am umẽ | pe'am umẽ | ||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | gûi'ama | e'ama | o'ama | oro'ama | îa'ama | pe'ama |
| Negative | gûi'ame'yma | e'ame'yma | o'ame'yma | oro'ame'yma | îa'ame'yma | pe'ame'yma |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | 'ama | |||||
| Negative | 'ame'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe'ami | i 'ami | oré'ami | îandé'ami | ||
| Negative | xe'ame'ymi | i 'ame'ymi | oré'ame'ymi | îandé'ame'ymi | ||
'am
'am
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| imperfective | perfective | imperfective | perfective | ||
| first person | long | 'añ | 'ant | 'ac | 'att |
| short | ñ | nt | c | tt | |
| second person | long | 'ap | 'apt | 'am | 'amt |
| short | p | pt | m | mt | |
| third person | long | 'o | 'at | 'o | 'at |
| short | t | t | |||