MAKING SNOWSHOES
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Dena'ina: ch'u ba shtutghiyuł.
English: and go hunting in them.

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

  Conjunction Object of Postposition Postposition Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes ch'u be- -a shtu t ghe i Ø yuł
Morpheme Changes   ba     gh      
e deletes to avoid double vowels e deletes to avoid double vowels
English and it in contact with object, exerting force against object away, off to some unspecified and unknown place future future you (singular)  

goes

Mode: future

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Ø classifier + (y)u (root)
Meaning singular/dual goes, walks
Theme Class Motion
Type  

Stem Set: Root = (y)u, Tag = singular goes
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous (y)ush yu yuł yu/yux/yish
Continuative yu yu yu yu
Distributive yu yu yu yu
Perambulative yuł duk dush dush/dish
Progressive yuł      
Repetitive dux duk dux  
Reversative yuh yu yuh yuh
Persistive yuh yuh yuh yuh
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