WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: Ch'u ch'bala ghen hdi łuq'u bannaztlaq' hez enlan.
English: And spruce is [was] all covered with sores and filled with pus.

Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)

  Conjunction Subject Demonstrative Pronoun Noun Enclitic Adverb Prefix Positions Stem
Object of Post-
position
Post-
position
Distributive Plural Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u ch'bala ghen hdi łuq'u be- -a n ne z Ø tlaq'
Morpheme Changes     Peter Kalifornsky's spelling of 'ghin'     ba   na      
e deletes to avoid double vowels e changes to a - consonant + e (Ce) precedes a z mode
English And spruce that then, next all him on object plural; many places, all over mushy object (sores, e.i. pitch) perfect  

mushy, rotten object in position (pus)

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Gender + Ø classifier + tlaq' (root)
Meaning mushy, wet, rotten object is in position
Theme Class stative-classificatory
Type  

Stem Set: Root = tlaq', Tag = classify mush
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Neuter tlaq' tlaq' tlaq' tlaq'
Momentaneous tlah tlaq' tleh tlah
Transitional tlaq' tlaq' tlaq' tlaq'
Onomatopoetic tleq' tleq' tlaq'

  Object Prefix Positions Stem
Outer Subject Pronoun Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes hez Ø Ø n Ø lan
Morpheme Changes       en    
e inserted?
English pus it   imperfect  

be, is

Mode: imperfect

Aspect: neuter


Verb Theme gender + Ø classifier + la (root)
Meaning be, is, exists
Theme Class descriptive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = la , Tag = to be
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
neuter lan la' lał/lah
reversative lah lan lah lah
transitional lah lat lah lah
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