Shipibo Foundations · Module 5: The Suffix World · Lesson 4 of 5

Saying you have finished

By the end you can say that you have finished doing something.

3 new words · about 8 minutes

Bewa bewashamani! Singing, excellently! — Chána is with you for Module 5.

Then you finish — explicitly. -taana: having done it, ready for what's next (soa yontana — cleared, fully, done). -aketaana: done all around — the surround effect (choroaketaana — untangled everywhere). And a final -xon closes differently: when this has happened… (jakon iki kanoxon — when I have been well connected). The order is fixed: xon then taana, never the reverse. Completion isn't an afterthought in Shipibo — it's grammar.
Finishing
-taanahaving done it, ready for what is nextsoa yontana
-aketaanadone all aroundchoroaketaana
-xonwhen this has happened…jakon iki kanoxon
Culture note. Advanced speakers sometimes jump straight from announcement to completion — announced, then done. Confidence has a grammar.
✓ sourced recorded class 3 01:15–01:17 · nothing invented

The words

Read each one. The next screen hides the meaning so you can test yourself.

-taanahaving done it — action complete
-aketaanadone all around
-xon (final)when this has happened — approaching closure

Cover the meaning

Say it before you flip. Be honest — "again" brings it back.

tap to reveal
tap to flip back

In a sentence

Try translating each line yourself before you tap.

Choroaketaana.
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Having untangled it all around.
Jakon iki kanoxon.
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When I have been well connected.
Senen akin makexon.
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When the perfecting has reached its level.
Try it. Narrate finishing something today: name it done with -taana in mind. Notice how rarely English marks completion this precisely.

Build the sentence

Tap the words into order.

Say:

Check yourself

-taana marks…
The closing order is…
-aketaana adds…
Chána
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Lesson complete

Chána approves — Jakonshaman!

You can now say that you have finished doing something.

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