WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: Ch'u łik'a ghen hdi ni łu,
English: And dog said,

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

  Conjunction Subject Demonstrative Pronoun Enclitic Prefix Positions Stem Evidential
Outer Subject Pronoun Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u łik'a ghen hdi Ø d Ø Ø ni łu
Morpheme Changes     Peter Kalifornsky's spelling of 'ghin'     d deletes to avoid dn sound?        
English And dog that then, next he perception of sound perfect  

say, tell

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous

it is said, they say

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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