Putting Up Fish
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Dena'ina: ch'u nunghestseq'.
English: and (I) made it into strips.

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

  Conjunction Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Object Pronoun Gender Mode/Aspect
T + Mode + P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes ch'u nu Ø n ghe+i esh Ø tseq'
Morpheme Changes         ghe s    
i deletes to avoid double vowels e deletes to avoid double vowels, h drops before t
English and hung down toward the ground it rope-like object perfect I  

cut into strips

Mode: perfect

Aspect: durative

Verb Theme Object + Gender + Ø classifier + tseq' (root)
Meaning cut an object into strips, make an object into fringe
Theme Class Operative
Type Transitive

Stem Set: Root = tseq', Tag = cut into strips or fringe
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Durative tseq' tseq' tseq' tseq'
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