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English: One time at the mouth of the Kenai River where the current flows, a beluga swam up to me. |
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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 |
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(place designation) |
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qu |
gh |
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| 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 |
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Animal swims under water
Mode: perfect
Aspect: momentaneous
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| Verb Theme |
Ø classifier + lagh (root) |
| Meaning |
animal or fowl swims under water |
| Theme Class |
Motion |
| Type |
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| Stem Set: Root = lagh, Tag = fish swim |
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Mode |
| Aspect |
Imperfect |
Perfect |
Future |
Optative |
| Momentanous |
lah |
lagh |
leh |
lih |
| Perambulative |
leh |
lagh |
leh |
lah |
| Distributive |
lah |
lagh |
lah |
lah |
