MOOSE HUNTING
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Dena'ina: ch'u chi'ełyuq.
English: and I killed it.

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

  Conjunction Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Object Pronoun Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes ch'u chi Ø i + Ø esh ł yuq
Morpheme Changes   chi'   i deletes to avoid double vowels e    
glottal stop is inserted when disjunct boundary is followed by a vowel sh deletes before ł
English and death, illness him 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 nih
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