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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) |
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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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