MAKING SNOWSHOES
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Dena'ina: Yethdi gesh detghiłtl'il.
English: Then you lace through the frame holes.

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

  Conjunction Object Prefix Positions Stem
Gender Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Yethdi gesh de t ghe i ł tl'il
Morpheme Changes         gh   l  
e deletes to avoid double vowels ł changes to l; ł changes to l in instances of repeated action even though the iterative is not used in this case
English Then webbing holes in snowshoe frame actions involving wood future future you (singular)  

lace object (snowshoes)

Mode: future

Aspect: durative


Verb Theme Object + Gender + ł classifier + tl'il (root)
Meaning braid, lash object; lace object (snowshoes)
Theme Class conversive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = tl'i, Tag = rope
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Durative tl'il tl'il tl'il  
Neuter tl'il tl'il tl'il tl'il
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