MY FRIEND & I WENT HUNTING
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Dena'ina: ch'u ki chich'k'ełyuq.
English: and then we killed another moose.

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

  Conjunction Adverb of Quantity Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Outer Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Classifier
Morphemes ch'u ki chi ch'e k'e i + Ø ł yuq
Morpheme Changes       ch'   i deletes to avoid double vowels    
e deletes; consonant + e (Ce) preceded by a morpheme boundary
English and more, another death, illness we it perfect  

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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