preverb
(expresses bewilderment or lack of first-hand knowledge when asking how something happened)
Verb Stem:
-alhi (-alh-)

Notes

(used only in questions beginning with tan)

Keywords

how
somehow

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Tan-al alhi-poneqiyess nit wikhikon? How did that book fall? (I see it on the floor but I have no idea what could have made it fall.)
Tan 'talhi-tokomaness? How did he hit him? (It happened so fast that I didn't see it.)
Tan ktalhihtuness kpihikon? How did you make the cover? (I thought you didn't know how.)
Tan ktalhi-peciyaness? How did you get here?
Tan ktalhehtuness? How did you do it?

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Dolly
example David
Example Dolly
Example Dolly
Example Dolly
Example Dolly