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Dena'ina: Ch'u qaditighildeł,
English: And then you put them on,

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

  Conjunction Prefix Positions Stem
Incorporate Gender Inceptive Thematic Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u qa de te ghe i + Ø i l deł
Morpheme Changes     di ti ghi Transitional (T) 'i' initiates vowel change to i in all CV morphemes; i deletes to avoid double vowels      
e changes to i because of Transitional i e changes to i because of Transitional i e changes to i, i deletes to avoid double vowels
English And refers to foot actions of the foot imperfect inceptive; begin to number of small similar actions imperfect inceptive you (singular)  

move body (plural)

Mode: imperfect inceptive

Aspect: semelfactive


Verb Theme ł classifier + datl' (root)
Meaning plural move body
Theme Class Motion
Type  

Stem Set: Root = datl', Tag = plural go
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous dał datl' deł dił/dał
Progressive deł      
Reversative deł datl' deł dił
Perambulative deł deł/datl' deł deł
Cons detl' detl' detl' dił
Durative dał datl' dał dał/dił
Distributive dał datl' dał dał/dił
Semelfactive deł deł deł deł
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