WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: K'a tuyuł.
English: He will challenge anything.

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

  Incorporate Prefix Positions Stem
Outer Subject Poronoun Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes K'a Ø te ghe Ø yuł
Morpheme Changes     tu    
e changes to u, and ghe deletes - a consonant + e (Ce) precedes 'ghe' and the next morpheme to the right is a classifier
English Anything he future  

singular goes

Mode: future

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Ø classifier + (y)u (root)
Meaning singular, dual, goes, walks
Theme Class motion
Type  

Stem Set: Root = (y)u, Tag = singluar goes
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous (y)ush yu yuł yu / yux, yish
Continuative yu yu yu yu
Distributive yu yu yu yu
Perambulative yuł duk dush dush/dish
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