MY FRIEND & I WENT HUNTING
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Dena'ina: Yighen ba chi'ełyuq.
English: I gave that moose to him.

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

  Pronoun Demonstrative Pronoun Object of Postposition Postposition Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Ye ghen be -a chi i + Ø esh ł yuq
Morpheme Changes Yi   ba chi' i deletes to avoid double vowels e    
normally spelled ye in noun dictionary e deletes to avoid double vowels glottal stop inserted when disjunct boundary is followed by a vowel sh deletes when preceding ł
English It that thing, nonhuman him for object's (him) use death, illness perfect I  

kill (singular object)

Mode: perfect

Aspect: transitional


Verb Theme chi # Object + ł classifier + yuq (root)
Meaning kill singular object
Theme Class  
Type  

Stem Set: Root = yuq, Tag = happen, affect
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Transitional nah yuq nił ni

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