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Dena'ina: Beqats'u batghilał.
English: You put on the cross braces.

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

  Object Prefix Positions Stem
Object of Postposition Postposition Gender Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Beqats'u be- -a Ø t ghe i Ø lał
Morpheme Changes   be+a= ba     gh      
e deletes to avoid double vowels e deletes to avoid double vowels
English Cross braces it in contact with object, exerting force against object elongated object future future you (singular)  

be (cause to be)

Mode: future

Aspect: neuter


Verb Theme Gender + Ø classifier + la (root)
Meaning be (cause to be)
Theme Class Descriptive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = la, Tag = be
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Neuter lan (le') la' lał lah
Reversative lah lan lah lah
Transitional lah lat lah lah
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