BELUGA HUNTING
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Dena'ina: Quht'ana shegh hnidatl'
English: The people came to me

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

  Subject Object of Post-
position
Post-
position
Prefix Postions Stem
Object Pronoun Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Quht'ana sh- egh qe ne + i Ø datl'
Morpheme Changes  

sh- = me

-egh = to

h ni    
qe changes to h when preceding a consonant e deletes to avoid double vowels
English People to me they perfect  

plural go

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Ø classifier + datl' (root)
Meaning plural go, walk, plural fish swim
Theme Class Motion
Type  

Stem Set: Root = datl' Tag = Plural go
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous dał datl' deł dił
Progressive deł      
Reversative deł datl' deł dił
Distributive dał datl' dał dił
Perambulative deł datl' deł deł
Durative dał datl' dał dił
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