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English: But cottonwood said, |
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Subject |
Demonstrative Pronoun |
Evidential |
Prefix Positions |
Stem |
Outer Subject Pronoun |
Gender |
Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier |
Morphemes |
Eseni |
ghen |
łu |
Ø |
de |
i + Ø |
Ø |
ni |
Morpheme Changes |
usually written esni in outer dialect |
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i deletes to avoid double vowels; d deletes to avoid dn sound? |
i deletes when preceded by a conjunct prefix |
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English |
Cottonwood |
that |
it is said, they say |
he |
words, perceptions of sound |
perfect |
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said, tell
Mode: perfect
Aspect: momentaneous
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Stem Set: Root = ni, Tag = say, deem |
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Mode |
Aspect |
Imperfect |
Perfect |
Future |
Optative |
Neuter |
ni |
ni |
ni |
nih |
Momentaneous |
nix |
ni |
nił |
ni |
Durative |
ni |
ni |
nił |
ni' / nih |
Transitional |
nit |
nit |
nił |
nih |