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English: One time at the mouth of the Kenai River where the current flows, a beluga swam up to me. |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
Adverb of Quantity | Noun | Subject | Object of Post- position |
Postposition | Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
Outer Subject Pronoun | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier | |||||||||
Morphemes | Ts'iłq'a | Kahtnu | betnu | qughuzdlent | qunshi | sh- | -egh | qe | ghe + i | Ø | lagh |
Morpheme Changes | (place designation) | qu | gh | ||||||||
e changes to u when preceding ghe mode | e deleted to avoid double vowels | ||||||||||
English | At one time | river mouth river - Kenai River | stream | current flows around it place - sandbar at Kenai River mouth | beluga | me | to | they (acting as an object) | perfect |
Animal swims under water Mode: perfect Aspect: momentaneous |
Verb Theme | Ø classifier + lagh (root) |
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Meaning | animal or fowl swims under water |
Theme Class | Motion |
Type |
Stem Set: Root = lagh, Tag = fish swim | ||||
Mode | ||||
Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
Momentanous | lah | lagh | leh | lih |
Perambulative | leh | lagh | leh | lah |
Distributive | lah | lagh | lah | lah |
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