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English: They tried to have shamanic dreams, to speak words that would come true, to read the stars. |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
| Conjunc-tion | Subject | Possession | Subject | Prefix Positions | Stem | Relative Suffix | ||||||
| Incorp-orate | Distributive Plural | Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Class-ifier | ||||||||
| Morphemes | Yadi | ch'el'egi | qatsits'etsexi | na- | -hnaga | du | n | de | i + Ø | Ø | lun | i |
| Morpheme Changes | u deletes, reason unknown | a inserted after n, reason unknown | e deletes to avoid double vowels | i deletes when preceded by a conjunct prefix | ||||||||
| English | What | shaman like, shamanistic | dreams | our (inherent possession form) | language | has to do with speech | all words being true | perception of sound/ voice | imperfect |
truth, prediction Mode: imperfect Aspect: durative |
the thing that | |
| Verb Theme | Complement du # d Gender + Ø classifier + lu (root) |
|---|---|
| Meaning | complement (dreams, words) comes true |
| Theme Class | Descriptive |
| Type |
| Stem Set: Root = lun, Tag = abundant | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Conclusive | lun | lun | lun | lun |
| Durative | lun | lun | lun | lun |
| Neuter | dlun | dlun | dlun | dlun |
| Object | Prefix Positions | Stem | Relative Suffix | |||||
| Indirect Object | Outer Subject Pronoun | Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier | ||||
| Morphemes | yuq' | ch'e | qe | de | ne + i | l | 'an | i |
| Morpheme Changes | h | d | ni | |||||
| qe changes to h and e deletes when preceding a consonant | e deletes when consonant + e (Ce) precedes a morpheme boundary | e deletes to avoid double vowels | ||||||
| English | sky, stars | it | they | mental awareness, knowledge | perfect |
do, see (read, understand) Mode: perfect Aspect: neuter (to be) |
the thing that | |
| Verb Theme | l classifier + 'an (root) |
|---|---|
| Meaning | act, behave, occur in manner of the complement (what the stem refers to) |
| Theme Class | Optative |
| Type |
| Stem Set: Root = 'an, Tag = do; see | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Continuative | 'en | 'an | 'en | 'en |
| Durative | 'an | 'an | 'ił | 'an/'ih |
| Durative (d classifier) | t'an | t'an | t'ił/t'ih | |
| Momentaneous | 'ix | 'an | 'ił/'ix | |
| Neuter | 'an | 'an | 'ił | 'an/'ih |
| Reversative | 'ih | 'an | 'ih | 'ih |
| Transitional | 'ih | 'it | 'ih | 'ih |
| Object of Post- position |
Post- position |
Prefix Positions | Stem | ||||
| Adverb | Outer Subject Pronoun | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier | ||||
| Morphemes | qey- | -ch' | t'e | qe | i + Ø | l | 'ih |
| Morpheme Changes | t' | i deletes when preceded by a conjunct prefix | ł | ||||
| e deletes when followed by a back velar | changes to ł to make stem causative | ||||||
| English | them | toward | thus | they | imperfect |
acted, behaved to cause themselves to be Mode: imperfect Aspect: transitional |
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| Verb Theme | l classifier + 'an (root) |
|---|---|
| Meaning | act, behave, occur in manner of the complement (what the stem refers to) |
| Theme Class | Optative |
| Type |
| Stem Set: Root = 'an, Tag = do; see | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Continuative | 'en | 'an | 'en | 'en |
| Durative | 'an | 'an | 'ił | 'an/'ih |
| Durative (d classifier) | t'an | t'an | t'ił/t'ih | |
| Momentaneous | 'ix | 'an | 'ił/'ix | |
| Neuter | 'an | 'an | 'ił | 'an/'ih |
| Reversative | 'ih | 'an | 'ih | 'ih |
| Transitional | 'ih | 'it | 'ih | 'ih |
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