Hupa Verbs

From A Short Practical Grammar of Hupa by Victor Golla, for the Hupa Language Program, Hoopa Valley Tribe, December 1985.

"N" Definite Tense Subject Prefixes with No Modifying Prefix Examples

Subject	Subject Prefix	to pack (load) in arms	to bring (a stick)
I	ne:	ne:-metL	ne:-ta:n
You	nin	nim-me:tL	nin-ta:n
He/She	ch'in	ch'im-me:tL	ch'in-ta:n
We	ni-di	ni-di-me:tL	ni-di-ta:n
You all	noh	noh-me:tL	noh-ta:n
They	ya'-nin	ya-nim-me:tL	ya'-nin-ta:n

Comments Added by Danny Ammon

Notice the verbs all have specific "stems". To pack load in arms has a verb stem of -me:tL. To bring a stick has a verb stem of -ta:n.

The subject is determined by a piece of the word such as ne:-, ch'in-, ni-di-, ... All of the subject markers contain some form of a "n" sound.