WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: Yi ghuda k'usht'a qyiłkeł.
English: That's why no one took it.

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

  Independent Pronoun Demonstrative Pronoun Negative Prefix Positions Stem
Outer Subject Pronoun Outer Subject Pronoun Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Yi ghuda K'usht'a qe ye i + Ø ł keł
Morpheme Changes       q y i is called for with no mode when using perfect mode with negative "k'ust'a"    
e deletes preceding a morpheme boundary e deletes to avoid double vowels
English It those no, not they nonhuman subject imperfect  

get, obtain object

Mode: imperfect

Aspect: perambulative


Verb Theme Object ł classifier + kit (root)
Meaning grab, grasp, take, get, obtain object
Theme Class unclassified
Type  

Stem Set: Root = kit, Tag = classify food
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous kit kit keł kit
Successive ket ket ket ket
Perambulative keł ket keł kit
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