WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: Ch'u ch'bala ghen łu ni,
English: And spruce said,

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

  Conjunction Subject Demonstrative Pronoun Evidential Prefix Positions Stem
Outer Subject Pronoun Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u ch'bala ghen łu Ø de i + Ø Ø ni
Morpheme Changes   usually written ch'wala in outer dialect Peter Kalifornsky's spelling of ghin     e deletes to avoid double vowels; d deletes to avoid dn sound? i deletes when preceded by a conjunct prefix    
English And spruce that it is said, they say he words, perceptions of sound perfect  

said, tell

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous

Verb Theme d gender + Ø classifier + ni (root)
Meaning say, tell
Theme Class operative
Type  

Stem Set: Root = ni, Tag = say, deem
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Durative ni/ne' ni/ni' nił ni'/hih
Momentaneous nix ni nił ni
Neuter ni/nih ne/nih ne/nih ne/nih
Neuter/Negative ne' ne' ne' ne'
Transitional nit nit nił nih
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