šoŋgemam
{verb I} [Generate paradigm] 1. to age, to grow old, to become old
♢ joč́a kuškeš, aβa šoŋgemeš {sentence} the child is growing up, the mother is growing old
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// šoŋgem(ə̑n) tolam {verb I} {imperfective} (see above)
♢ memnan tunə̑ktə̑šə̑na-βlak šoŋgem tolə̑t {sentence} our teachers are becoming old
// šoŋgem(ə̑n) šinč́am {verb I} {perfective} (see above)
♢ kolo ij gə̑č́ mə̑jat šoŋgem šinč́am {sentence} I too will be old twenty years from now
--"PARENT"--> šoŋgo