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Dena'ina: Tlegh ghinhdi dinunch'eznel.
English: We poured the oil into containers.

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

  Object Demonstrative Pronoun Relative Suffix Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Adverb Distributive Plural Outer Subject Pronoun Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Tlegh ghin -hdi di nu n ch'e z Ø nel
Morpheme Changes                    
English Oil, grease that then, next into an enclosed container down, towards the ground, from in the air or a point of suspension plurality of the action itself

we perfect  

pour

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Object + Ø classifier + nel
Meaning Handle, throw object (liquid, granular substance), pour, spill object
Theme Class Successive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = nel, Tag = pour
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous nił nel neł nił
Distributive nel nel nel nel
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