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English: Then I kept a fire of birch and cottonwood under it. |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
| Conj. | Object | Conj. | Object | Post- position |
Post- position |
Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
| Postposition | Gender | Mode/Aspect T + Mode + P |
Inner Subject Pronoun | Classifier | ||||||||
| Morphemes | Yethdi | chuq'eya | ch'u | esni | eł | be + t'uh be = it t'uh = under |
i | d | ghe+i | esh | Ø | q'en |
| Morpheme Changes | cottonwood and birch are the objects of the postposition | gh | e | changes to ł classifier, making the action causative | ||||||||
| e and i delete to avoid double vowels | sh deletes in front of ł | |||||||||||
| English | Then | birch | and | cotton- wood |
with | under it | put in a stove | chips of wood | perfect | I | cause to happen |
burn Mode: perfect Aspect: neuter |
| Verb Theme | d Gender + Ø classifier + q'en (root) |
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| Meaning | be burning |
| Theme Class | Stative |
| Type | Intransitive |
| Stem Set: Root = q'en, q'un; Tag = burn | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Momentaneous | q'ush | q'un | q'eł | q'ish |
| Neuter | q'en | q'en | q'uh | q'un |
| Continuative | q'en | q'un | q'en | q'en |
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