About to… (Immediate Future Tense) / Cherokee Lessons

To indicate that something is about to take place. Add the “-ᎢᏗ” suffix to the Past Tense form.

Use “Set B” pronouns.

-ᎢᏗ
[-Ꭲ⁴Ꮧ] “is just about to…”
- -ᎢᏗᏒᎢ
  [-i²di²³sv²³ɂi] “Was about to… a while ago.”
- -ᎢᏗᏍᎪᎢ
  [-i²di²³sgo³ɂi] “Habitually is about…”
- -ᎢᏕᎾ
  [-i²de⁴na] “Let now be about to… ”

Additionally, the Cherokee Messenger pg 95 “Immediate Future Tense”, indicates that the suffix “-ᎢᏗ” may be used in combination with the “with intent” suffix (-ᎢᏐᎢ):

-ᎢᏗᏐᎢ
[-i²di²³so³ɂi] “Is just about to… (with intent) when… ”.
- -ᎢᏗᏒ
  [-i²di²³sv] “Was just about to… (with intent)”
- -ᎢᏗᏎᏍᏗ
  [-i²di²³sẹ³sdi] “Will be about to… (with intent)”
- -ᎢᏗᏒᎢ
  [-i²di²³sv²³ɂi] “(His) being about to… (with intent)” Verbal Noun.