MY FRIEND & I WENT HUNTING
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Dena'ina: Ida ił shtuch'nidatl'.
English: My friend and I went hunting.

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

  Object of Postposition Postposition Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Outer Subject Pronoun Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Ida shtu ch'e ne + i Ø datl'
Morpheme Changes       ch' n    
e deletes preceding a morpheme boundary e deletes to avoid double vowels
English Friend with away, off to some unspecified and unknown place we perfect  

go (plural)

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Ø classifier + datl' (root)
Meaning plural go, walk; plural fish swim
Theme Class Motion
Type  

Stem Set: Root = datl', Tag = plural go
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous dał datl' deł dił / dał
Progressive deł      
Reversative deł datl' deł dił
Perambulative deł deł / datl' deł deł
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