MAKING SNOWSHOES
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Dena'ina: Yethdi deq bak'nitighitsex.
English: Then you pry the front end up.

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

  Con-junction Adverb Prefix Positions Stem
Object of Postposition Postposition Object Pronoun Gender Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Yethdi deq be- -a k'e ne te i + ghe i Ø tsex
Morpheme Changes     ba k' ni ti ghi      
e deletes to avoid double vowels e deletes when preceded by a morpheme boundary e changes to i because of transitional e changes to i because of transitional e changes to i because of transitional; i deletes to avoid double vowels
English Then up it in contact with object, exerting force against object something rope-like object future Mode: future
Transitional (T): one out of a possible series; changes all consonant + vowel (CV) to consonant + i (Ci)		 you (singular)  

move elongated object quickly, pointed (end of the snowshoe)

Mode: future

Aspect: momentaneous

Verb Theme Object + Gender + Ø classifier + tsey (root)
Meaning move elongated, pointed object quickly, nature causes object (ice, clouds) to move
Theme Class Motion
Type  

Stem Set: Root = tsey, tsex, Tag = move
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous tsax tsey tsex  
Perambulative tsex tsey tsex tsix
Successive tsex tsex tsex tsex
Repetitive tsex tsex tsex tsex
Dustomary tsix tsix tsey tsex
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