WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS
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Dena'ina: Ch'bala ghen łu ni
English: Spruce said

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

  Subject Demonstrative Pronoun Evidential Prefix Positions Stem
Outer Subject Pronoun Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Classifier
Morphemes Ch'bala ghen łu Ø de i + Ø Ø ni
Morpheme Changes usually written as ch'wala in outer dialect       i deletes to avoid double vowels; d deletes to avoid dn sound? i is deleted when preceded by a conjunct prefix    
English Spruce that it is said, they say he words, perceptions of sound imperfect  

said, tell

Mode: imperfect

Aspect: durative

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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