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Dena'ina: Ch'u yethdi dasgedi yighełu.
English: And I smoked them.

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

  Conjunction Conjunction Object Prefix Positions Stem
Object of Post-
position
Post-
position
Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u yethdi dasgedi ye i Ø ghe + i esh Ø lu
Morpheme Changes       ye+i= yi   gh e   łu
e deletes to avoid double vowels e and i delete to avoid double vowels sh + l = ł sh + l = ł
English And and then, next smoke, 'that which is smoking' it in object, inside object, in an enclosure food, piece of meat perfect I  

plural objects are in position

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Gender + Ø classifier + lu (root)
Meaning plural objects are in position
Theme Class Stative Classificatory
Type  

Stem Set: Root = lu, Tag = classify plural
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous la lu lał lix
Continuative la la' la' la'
Neuter lu lu lu lu
Distributive la lu la la
Reversative lah lu lah lah
Repetitive lax lak lax lix
Customary lish lik lish  
Perambulative lał lyak lyash lyash
Progressive lał      
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