WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: qutsidghe'i'ina kisht'a shughuhdułt'ał."
English: useful to the Campfire People."

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

  Subject Adverb Prefix Positions Stem
Object of Post-
position
Post-
position
Post-
position
Object Pronoun Gender Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Qutsidghe'i'ina kisht'a sh- -u -ghu qe d te ghe ł t'ał
Morpheme Changes           h   u    
qe changes to h preceding a consonant e changes to u, and ghe deletes - a consonant + e (Ce) precedes 'ghe' and the next morpheme to the right is a classifier; t deletes following d?
English Campfire People a lot, many me for, on the behalf of for object's use, giving to them wood future  

use

Mode: future

Aspect: transitional


Verb Theme postposition + ghu # d gender + ł classifier + t'a (root)
Meaning use Postposition
Theme Class descriptive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = t'a, Tag = be thus
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Neuter t'a (t'e) t'a t'ał t'ah
Neuter - Neg t'e t'e t'e t'e
Transitional - Neg t'aq t'at t'agh t'iq
Transitional t'ash t'at t'ał  
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