MAKING SNOWSHOES
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Dena'ina: Yethdi ush ghetl ił tghighet.
English: They you lace it with leather rope.

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

  Conjunction Object Postposition Prefix Positions Stem
Gender Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Yethdi ush ghetl ił n t ghe i Ø ghet
Morpheme Changes       n deletes as initial morpheme in the verb   gh      
e deletes to avoid double vowels
English Then fine sinew lashing; fine webbing with singular uncoiled rope or sinew future future you (singular)  

install fine webbing in snowshoe

Mode: future

Aspect: conclusive

Verb Theme Object + n Gender + Ø classifier + ghet (root)
Meaning install fine webbing in object (snowshoe), fill, lace object (snowshoe) with fine webbing
Theme Class conversive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = ghet, Tag = snowshoe lacing
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Conclusive ghet ghet ghet ghit
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