I Know It
♦ In Arikara there are two ways of saying you know something, depending on whether what you know is a person or thing, or whether it is a way or activity. ♦
Knowing him/her/it
New expressions:
♦ Often when talking about knowing something, the word for that thing is incorporated, or inserted, before the word for know. The final –u’ of the item is deleted in incorporation. ♦
Pattern:
I know the _____.
tatut‐____‐Asiišu’.I don’t know the _____.
kaakatut‐____‐Asiišu’.