This is a paradigm for the transitive inanimate verb oowatoo ‘eat something inanimate’, as produced by Beverly Little Bear Hungry Wolf in Jul-Aug 2017. If you hover over the Blackfoot word, a pronunciation guide will be available. Pronunciation guides and audio files are provided by Beverly Little Bear Hungry Wolf (audio files recorded in Jul-Aug 2017).

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the present tense, e.g. ‘I am eating’:

Affirmative present paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’
  Blackfoot word English Person
Sound nitáówatoo’pa ‘I am eating it’ 1SG
Sound kitáówatoo’pa ‘You (singular) are eating it’ 2SG
Sound áówatoomaayi ‘S/he is eating it’ 3SG
Sound nitáówatoo’pinnaana ‘We (not including you) are eating it’ 1PL
Sound áówatoo’pa ‘We (all of us) are eating it’ or ‘It is edible’ 21
Sound kitáówatoo’poaa(wa) ‘You (all) are eating it’ 2PL
Sound áówatoomiaawaayi ‘They are eating it’ 3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the future tense, e.g. ‘I will eat it’:

Affirmative future paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’
  Blackfoot word English Person
Sound nitáaksowatoo’pa ‘I will eat it’ 1SG
Sound kitáaksowatoo’pa ‘You (singular) will eat it’ 2SG
Sound áaksowatoomaayi ‘S/he will eat it’ 3SG
Sound (ni)táaksowatoo’pinnaana ‘We (not including you) will eat it’ 1PL
Sound áaksowatoo’pa ‘We (all of us) will eat it’ 21
Sound kitáaksowatoo’poaa(wa) ‘You (all) will eat it’ 2PL
Sound áaksowatoomiaawaayi ‘They will eat it’ 3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the past tense, e.g. ‘I ate it’:

Affirmative past paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’
  Blackfoot word English Person
Sound nitsowatoo’pa ‘I ate it’ 1SG
Sound kitsowatoo’pa ‘You (singular) ate it’ 2SG
Sound iiwátoomaayi ‘S/he ate it’ 3SG
Sound nitsowatoo’pinnaana ‘We (not including you) ate it’ 1PL
Sound iiwatoo’pa ‘We (all of us) ate it’ 21
Sound kitsowatoo’poaa(wa) ‘You (all) ate it’ 2PL
Sound iiwatoomiaawaayi ‘They ate it’ 3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the present tense with negation, e.g. ‘I am not eating it’:

Negative present paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’
  Blackfoot word English Person
Sound nimaatáówatoo’pa ‘I am not eating it’ 1SG
Sound kimaatáówatoo’pa ‘You (singular) are not eating it’ 2SG
Sound maatáówatoomaiksayi ‘S/he is not eating it’ 3SG
nimaatáówatoo’pinnaana ‘We (not including you) are not eating it’ 1PL
maatáówatoo’pa ‘We (all of us) are not eating it’ 21
Sound kimaatáówatoo’poaa(wa) ‘You (all) are not eating it’ 2PL
Sound maatáówatoomaiksaawaayi ‘They are not eating it’ 3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the future tense with negation, e.g. ‘I will not eat it’:

Negative future paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’
  Blackfoot word English Person
Sound (ni)maatáaksowatoo’pa ‘I will not eat it’ 1SG
Sound kimaatáaksowatoo’pa ‘You (singular) will not eat it’ 2SG
Sound maatáaksowatoomaatsayi ‘S/he will not eat it’ 3SG
Sound nimaatáaksowatoo’pinnaana ‘We (not including you) will not eat it’ 1PL
maatáaksowatoo’pa ‘We (all of us) will not eat it’ 21
Sound kimaatáaksowatoo’poaawa ‘You (all) will not eat it’ 2PL
Sound maatáaksowatoomiaawaayi ‘They will not eat it’ 3PL

This is the paradigm for oowatoo in the past tense with negation, e.g. ‘I did not eat it’:

Negative past paradigm for ‘eat something inanimate’
  Blackfoot word English Person
Sound nimaatsowatoo’pa ‘I did not eat it’ 1SG
Sound kimaatsowatoo’pa ‘You (singular) did not eat it’ 2SG
Sound maatsowatoomaatsayi ‘S/he did not eat it’ 3SG
Sound nimaatsowatoo’pinnaana ‘We (not including you) did not eat it’ 1PL
maatsowatoo’pa ‘We (all of us) did not eat it’ 21
Sound kimaatsowatoo’poaawa ‘You (all) did not eat it’ 2PL
Sound maatsowatoomaiksaawaayi ‘They did not eat it’ 3PL