Timucua verbs can seem quite long (Click on the Timucua words to hear them spoken). Take for example, ocotominimaqua (when he listens) or natechimanisihantile (I will not forgive you). But these long words are actually composed of the verb stem, in this case ocoto (listen) and mani (think), and are followed by several suffixes that modify the verb. These indicate whether an action was done in the past, present, future — or was not done at all. They also indicate how many people are involved with the event the verb describes.
Since there are so many different suffixes and they all affect the meaning of the verb, we have decided to build up slowly. We will begin with the stem of the verb and then add one prefix and/or suffix at a time. Like building a tower one block at a time, we hope to show all the different components of Timucua verbs, and the incredibly fascinating ways in which the Timucua language works.