QADALNALCHEN'S SONG
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Dena'ina: Ki q'u ke sha nuntalghatl'.
English: Another dark night has come over me.

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

  Adverb Adverb Adverb Object of Post-
position
Post-
position
Prefix Positions Stem
Iterative Descriptive Plural Inceptive Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Ki q'u ke sh-
=me
-a
=on
nu n te z ł ghatl'
Morpheme Changes               ta z deletes preceding a ł classifier l  
e changes to a when a consonant + e (Ce) preceeds a z mode nu iterative changes ł to l
English Again now (emphatic) directional adverb ? on me has come back continues to happen (as in continuative aspect) begins to imperfect inceptive neuter aspect  

became dark

Mode: imperfect

Aspect: neuter


Verb Theme ł classifier + ghatl' (root)
Meaning became dark
Theme Class Motion
Type  

Stem Set: Root = ghatl', Tag = calm
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentanous ghał ghatl' gheł ghał/gheł
Neuter ghatl' ghatl' ghatl' ghatl'/ghitl'
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