Tlamachtiliztli 30 -zquia, -tozquia (The conditional, Part 1)

We add –zquia to the verb root except for class 3 verbs with endings in  –ia or –oa,  which drop the final -a, before adding -zquia. Note that  –zquia is for singular and –zquiah is for plural subjects.

Cequin tlamanēxtili tlen -zquia // Some examples with -zquia

Māltia / to shower

Nimāltizquia / I should shower / I would shower

Timāltizquia / you should shower / you would shower

Māltizquia / she/he should shower  / he/she would shower

Timāltizquiah / we should shower / we would shower

Inmāltizquiah / you all should shower / you all would shower

Māltizquiah / they should shower /  they would shower

Ej. Naman nimāltizquia zampampa axcanah nimāltiz pampa tlahuel tlaceceya. // I should shower or I would shower but I cannot shower because it is cold.

chōca – nichōcazquia / I would cry

itta – niquittazquia / I would see

oni – ticōnizquiah /  We would drink

cuapa – nicuapazquia / I would return

We add -tozquia to class 1, 2, and 4 stative verbs,  –toc in the singular and  –toqueh in the plural. Class 3 verbs that end in –ia and -oa drop the final  -a before adding –tozquia. We add then –Ø for singular and -h for plural subjects.  –tozquia marks conditional events in the past. 

Cequin tlamanēxtili tlen -tozquia // Algunos ejemplos con -tozquia

māltia / to shower

Nimāltihtozquia / I would have showered

Timāltihtozquia  / you would have showered

Imāltihtozquia / he/she would have showered

Timāltihtozquiah / we would have showered

Inmāltihtozquiah / you all would have showered

māltihtozquiah / they would have showered

Ej. Maria imāltihtozquia zampampa āxoncayaya ātl. // Maria would have showered but there was no water.

māltia – Nimāltihtozquia / I would have showered

oni – nicōnitozquia  / I would have drank

cuapa – icuaptozquia / She/ he would have returned

itztoc/ tiitztozquiah /  we would have been