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English: I shot that bull moose. |
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Object |
Demonstrative Pronoun |
Object of Postposition |
Postposition |
Prefix Positions |
Stem |
| Outer Subject Pronoun |
Gender |
Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P |
Subject Pronoun |
Classifier |
| Morphemes |
K'eyich'a |
gheni |
be- |
-eł |
k'e |
de |
ne |
esh |
ł |
tetl' |
| Morpheme Changes |
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beł |
k' |
da |
n |
sh deletes before ł, e deletes |
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| e deletes to avoid double vowels |
e deletes when preceding a conjunct prefix |
when a consonant + e (Ce) precedes 'ne' the'e' changes to 'a' |
e deletes to avoid double vowels |
| English |
Bull moose |
that |
it |
with |
specific understood object |
elongated object - gun |
perfect |
I |
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shot object with gun
Mode: perfect
Aspect: onomatopoetic
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| Verb Theme |
Object + D gender + ł classifier + tetl' (root) |
| Meaning |
shoot object with gun, make cracking, bursting, exploding, popping noise |
| Theme Class |
Operative-onomatopoetic |
| Type |
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| Stem Set: Root = tetl', Tag = explode |
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Mode |
| Aspect |
Imperfect |
Perfect |
Future |
Optative |
| Onomatopoetic |
tetl' |
tetl' |
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| Neuter |
tetl' |
tetl' |
tetl' |
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| Momentaneous |
tuł |
tutl' |
teł |
tuł |
| Durative |
tuł |
tutl' |
tuł |
tuł |
