Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat.
so·ota
| Declarative | Interrogative | Potential | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | "not yet" | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||
| Present | Simple | so·ota | so·otja | so·otkuja | so·otama | so·otjama | so·otakon | so·otjakon |
| Continuous | so·otenga | so·otjaenga | so·otkujaenga | so·otengama | so·otjaengama | so·otaengakon | so·otjaengakon | |
| Past | so·otaha | so·otjaha | so·otkujaha | so·otahama | so·otjahama | so·otahakon | so·otjahakon | |
| Future | so·otgen, so·otnoa1 | so·otjawa | so·otkujawa | so·otgenma, so·otnoama1 | so·otjawama | so·otgenkon, so·otnoakon1 | so·otjawakon | |
| "probably" | so·otnabaginang | so·otjanabaginang | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Intentional | so·otnajok | so·otjanajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Change of state | Non-past | so·otjok | so·otjajok | – | – | – | – | – |
| Past | so·otahajok | so·otjahajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Imperative | Second person | so·otbo | so·otnabe | – | – | – | – | – |
| Third person | so·otkan, so·otkana | so·otjakan, so·otjakana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Formal imperative | so·otbone | so·otnabene | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Infinitive | so·otna | so·otjana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1Dialectal. | ||||||||