Putting Up Fish
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Dena'ina: Tahbił tanełkiz.
English: I set the net in the water.

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

  Object Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Gender

Mode/Aspect
T + Mode + P

Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Tahbił ta Ø ne+i
adverb defined
esh ł kiz
Morpheme Changes       n e    
e and i delete to avoid double vowels sh deletes when followed by ł
English Net submerged in water fabric-like object (net) perfect I  

place a fabric-like object in position; implies it lies in position

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous


Verb Theme Gender + ł classifier + kits (root)
Meaning fabric-like object is in position; flat object is in position, flexible object is in position
Theme Class Classificatory/Motion
Type Transitive

Stem Set: Root = kits, Tag = place a fabric-like object
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous kis kiz kes kis
Continuative kis kiz kiz  
Neuter kiz kiz    
Reversative kes kiz kes  
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