MAKING SNOWSHOES
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Dena'ina: Yethdi detghishax.
English: Then you [will] carve it.

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

  Conjunction Prefix Positions Stem
Object Pronoun Gender Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Yethdi Ø de t ghe i ł shax
Morpheme Changes         gh   ł deletes before sh  
e deletes to avoid double vowels
English Then it actions involving wood future future you (singular)  

carve on

Mode: future

Aspect: durative


Verb Theme Object + Gender + ł classifier + zhak (root)
Meaning make object (shavings), carve on, whittle object
Theme Class Operative
Type  

Stem Set: Root = zhak, Tag = carve
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Durative shax shak shax shax
Conclusive shax shak shax shax
Semelfactive shex shex shex shex
Momentaneous shax shak shex shax
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