When Animals Divided into Pairs, Line 4

WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
Line 4

Dena'ina: "Gun shida tulał," qetnih.

English: They said, "you will be my friend."

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

	Demonstrative Pronoun	Possessed Noun	Prefix Positions				Stem
			Gender	Inceptive	Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P	Classifier
Morphemes	Gun	sh- = my -ida = friend	Ø	te	ghe + i	Ø	lał
Morpheme Changes	also written "gunen"			tu
				i deletes to avoid double vowels; e changes to u, ghe deletes when a consonant + e (Ce) precedes ghe
English	This person	my friend	person	future			will become Mode: future Aspect: neuter

Verb Theme	Gender + Ø classifier + la (root)
Meaning	be, is, exists (transitional = become)
Theme Class	Descriptive
Type

Stem Set: Root = la, Tag = to be
	Mode
Aspect	Imperfect	Perfect	Future	Optative
Neuter	lan (le')	la'	lał
Reversative	lah	lan	lah	lah
Transitional	lah	lat	lah	lah

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	Prefix Positions				Stem
	Outer Subject Pronoun	Gender	Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P	Classifier
Morphemes	qe	d	Ø	Ø	nih
Morpheme Changes		t
		d changes to t before a nasal
English	they	indicates neuter aspect	optative		say, tell Mode: optative Aspect: durative

Verb Theme	(complement) d + 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	nih
Momentaneous	nix	ni	nił	ni
Neuter	ni/nih	ne/nih	ne/nih	nih
Neuter/Negative	ne'	ne'	ne'	ne'
Transitional	nit	nit	nił	nih