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English: I did that for nine days, then I took it down, |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
Adverb | Subject | Conjunction | Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
Adverb | Gender | Mode/Aspect T + Mode + P |
Inner Subject Pronoun | Classifier | |||||
Morphemes | Łq'ich'idi | jani | yethdi | nu | n | ghe+i adverb defined |
esh | Ø | lu |
Morpheme Changes | gh | e | łu | ||||||
e and i delete to avoid double vowels | sh deletion: see stem | sh (subject pronoun) + l(u) becomes ł(u) | |||||||
English | Nine | days | then | toward the ground | rope-like object |
perfect | I |
place rope-like object in position Mode: perfect Aspect: momentaneous |
Verb Theme | Gender + Ø classifier + lu (root) |
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Meaning | plural objects are in position; singular rope-like object is in position |
Theme Class | Stative-classificatory |
Type | Intransitive |
Stem Set: Root = lu, Tag = classify plural objects | ||||
Mode | ||||
Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
Momentaneous | la | lu | lał | lix |
Reversitive | lah | lu | lah | lah |
Repetitive | lax | lak | lax | lax |
Customary | lish | lik | lish | |
Neuter | lu | lu | lu | |
Perambulative | lał | lyak | lyash | lyash |
Progressive | lał | |||
Continuative | la | la' | la' | la' |
Persistive | lah | lah | lah | lah |
Distributive | la | lu | la | la |
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