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English: And I shot it. |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
| Conjunction | Object of Post- position |
Post- position |
Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
| Outer Subject Pronoun | Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Inner Subject Pronoun | Classifier | |||||
| Morphemes | Ch'u | be- =it |
-eł =with |
k'e | de | ne + i | esh | ł | tetl' |
| Morpheme Changes | beł | k' | da | n | sh deletes when preceding ł; e deletes | ||||
| e deletes to avoid double vowels | e deletes preceding a conjunct prefix | e changes to 'a' when preceding the ne mode | e and i delete to avoid double vowels | ||||||
| English | And | with it | it | refers to an elongated object - gun | perfect | I |
shoot object with a gun Mode: perfect Aspect: successive |
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| Verb Theme | Object + d Gender + ł classifier + tutl' (root) |
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| Meaning | shoot object with gun; make cracking, exploding noise |
| Theme Class | Operative - onomatopoetic |
| Type |
| Stem Set: Root = tutl', tetl', Tag = explode | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Semelfactive | teł | tetl' | tił | |
| Neuter | tetl' | tetl' | ||
| Successive | tetl' | tetl' | ||
| Progressive | teł | |||
| Onomatopoetic | tetl' | |||
| Momentaneous | tuł | tutl' | teł | tuł |
| Durative | tuł | tutl' | tuł | tuł |
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