Putting Up Fish
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Dena'ina: Ch'u dghaznigi yidgheshchet.
English: And I put it in the cache.

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

  Conjunction Object Prefix Positions Stem
Object of Postposition Postposition Gender Mode/Aspect
T + mode + P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u dghaznigi ye idu Ø ghe+i esh Ø chet
Morpheme Changes     y id   gh sh    
e deletes to avoid double vowels u deletes before gh e and i delete to avoid double vowels e deletes?
English And cache it inside its mouth (inside the cache opening) pertaining to a cache perfect I  

moved (the fish) quickly by hand

Mode: perfect

Aspect: momentaneous

Verb Theme Object + d + Gender + Ø classifier + chet (root)
Meaning handle or move a compact object quickly
Theme Class Motion
Type Transitive

Stem Set: Root = chet, Tag = move the hand quickly
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous chit chet cheł chit
Reversative chet chet chet chet
Semelfactive chet chet chet  
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