| 1s | ni | _ | zii(n) | gaawiin (n)imbizindanzii(n) |
| 2s | gi | _ | zii(n) | gaawiin gibizindanzii(n) |
| 3s | _ | zii(n) | gaawiin bizindanzii(n) | |
| 3' | _ | ziiwan | gaawiin bizindanziiwan | |
| X | _ | ziim | gaawiin bizindanziim | |
| 1p | ni | _ | ziiimin | gaawiin (n)imbizindanziimin |
| 21 | gi | _ | ziiimin | gaawiin gibizindanziimin |
| 2p | gi | _ | ziim | gaawiin gibizindanziim |
| 3p | _ | ziiwag | gaawiin bizindanziiwag |
• Verbs that end in /n/ or /m/ (but not those with
/-am/ theme, which are called VAI2 verbs) cause lenition (shift from /s/ to
/z/) of the initial /s/ of the negative suffix /-sii/, producing /z/. This is
the only difference between nasal-final and vowel-final verbs in the independent
negative.
• Some other nasal-final verbs: maazhingwaam, 'sleep uncomfortably'
(and other verbs of sleeping having final /-ingwaam/; bangishin, 'fall'
(and many other verbs with final /-shin/, 'fall, lie, happen.'