WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: Ch'u "Yadi nudelyahi nak'un'a tulał," qetnih.
English: And, they said [began to say], "the plants will be [become] our food."

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

  Conjunc-tion Conjunc-tion Subject Posessive Object Prefix Positions Stem
Gender Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u yadi nudelyahi na- k'un'a Ø te ghe Ø lał
Morpheme Changes             tu    
e changes to u, ghe deletes when a consonant + e (Ce) precedes ghe
English And what plants our food person (friend) 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

a
  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 refers to voice optative  

said

Mode: optative

Aspect: durative


Verb Theme (complement) d + Ø classifier + ni (root)
Meaning say, tell, deem
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 ne/nih
Neuter/Negative ne' ne' ne' ne'
Transitional nit nit nił nih
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