BELUGA HUNTING
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Dena'ina: Betsen ghinhdi ch'eghnałggen
English: We dried its meat

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

  Object Demonstrative Pronoun Relative Suffix Prefix Positions Stem
Outer Subject Pronoun Gender Thematic Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Betsen ghin -hdi ch'e Ø ghe ne + i l ggen
Morpheme Changes

be = its

tsen = flesh

        gh na ł  
e deletes when preceded by a morpheme boundary e changes to a?; i deletes to avoid double vowels l changes to ł to show causation 'to cause something to be'
English its flesh (meat) that then, next we piece of meat, dry fish actions which involve many varied smaller actions of a similar type perfect  

become overly dry, withered

Mode: perfect

Aspect: conclusive


Verb Theme Gender + n(?) + gh Thematic + l classifier + ggen (root)
Meaning become overly dry, withered
Theme Class conversive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = ggen, Tag = dry
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Conclusive ggen ggen ggish ggux
Neuter ggen      
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