tene

[verb]

tene=S	S sit
tene=A=O	A sit O (down)
tene=CS	CS is (CC, adjective, peripheral phrase)
auxiliary V-tene	V-ing

Tene means ‘sit’. As an intransitive, the subject is the person or thing sitting. As a transitive, it acquires a causative meaning, with the object being the person or thing sitting and the subject is the cause. Tene behaves very much like sede, including in the use or not of a causative and a passive and with peripheral arguments.

As a copula and as an auxiliary, tene has all the uses of sede, except that where sede requires a class I subject, tene is used for all other classes of subject (II, III, IV). So, when a verb has a class I subject, use sede as the progressive auxiliary. Otherwise, use tene.

Examples

[#103] Bodo teneto takataka yana yedi, bodo kadde-deye-dullo dodu mede banape noyeke yeleke.

[#23] Doŋida xeye lohogonu teneto.

[#96] Gumugumu todu tene kibi sata jodo.

[#53] Kibi wono todu medepe kunotosanu yettene, todu tene deyetosanu ŋewa haŋŋidu.

[#14] Se-dapeladace, “Kidi sewa basabasanu tene tellole.”

[#12] Se-dapeladace: “la! kidi sewanu tenele.”

[#11] Selalemo: “Hu! Kidi sewanu tenedi?”

[#4] Siŋi medego wodune hadahada teŋi cidigo takane ŋaka tenela.

[#34] Sonoda basanu teneto wunnuda kadonu.

[#33] Tene setowa wudu cumu ŋedane, sedetoda Nuwu bede wudune.

[#7] Tenewa dullo-wolami.

[#114] Totetote takataka yedi teneda Yekeke Wududa.

[#32] Totetote tene metegonu Peya doŋida wosape.

[#99] Xososu caba budu deŋiminu, jodo doŋi tene deyeminu bududu, degguminu lece xexene.

[#5] Xotoxoto legilegi xeye ŋaka tenela.

[#101] Yekeke Wududa Lohosa sodo kadde-sedetodana bodo tene takataka yana yedi.

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