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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) |
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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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