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English: (and) it pretended to be dead. |
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Conjunction |
Prefix Positions |
Stem |
| Adverb |
Object Pronoun |
Outer Subject Pronoun |
Gender |
Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P |
Classifier |
| Morphemes |
ch'u |
chi |
hu |
k'e |
de |
i + Ø |
d |
yuq |
| Morpheme Changes |
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when combined with 'l' classifier means 'pretend to be' |
k' |
da |
i deletes to avoid double vowels |
l |
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| e deletes when preceding a conjunct prefix |
e changes to 'a'; Proto Athabascan form |
d changes to l - use of hu with 'l' classifier means 'pretend to be' |
| English |
and |
death, illness |
pretend to be |
specific object understood from the context |
mental perceptions and actions usually having to do with awareness or knowledge |
perfect |
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dies (singular)
Mode: perfect
Aspect: transitional
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| Verb Theme |
chi # d gender + d classifier + yuq (root) |
| Meaning |
singular dies |
| Theme Class |
operative - onomatopoetic |
| Type |
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| Stem Set: Root = yuq, Tag = happen, affect |
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Mode |
| Aspect |
Imperfect |
Perfect |
Future |
Optative |
| Transitional |
nah |
yuq |
nił / ni |
nił / nih |
