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English: And then the animals sang and danced this song: |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
Conjunction | Evidential | Noun | Prefix Positions | Stem | ||||
Incorporate | Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier | |||||
Morphemes | Yet | łu | ninya | k'ah | de | ghe | l | lyak |
Morpheme Changes | normally yethdi | du | l deletes when followed by another l | |||||
e changes to u, and ghe deletes - a consonant + e (Ce) precedes 'ghe' and the next morpheme to the right is a classifier | ||||||||
English | Then, next | it is said, they say | animals | herd of animals | perceptions of sound | perfect |
plural sing Mode: perfect Aspect: perambulative |
Verb Theme | Postposition + a # d gender + l classifier + lu, la, lyu, lya (root) |
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Meaning | plural sing Postposition |
Theme Class | operative (repetitive) |
Type |
Stem Set: Root = lu, la, lyu, lya, Tag = classify plural | ||||
Mode | ||||
Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
Momentaneous | la | lu | lał | lix |
Reversative | lah | lu | lah | lah |
Repetitive | lax | lak | lax | lix |
Customary | lish | lik | lish | |
Neuter | lu | lu | lu | lu |
Perambulative | lał | lyak | lyash | lyash |
Continuative | la | la' | la' | la' |
Persistive | lah | lah | lah | lah |
Conjunction | Prefix Positions | Stem | Demonstrative Pronoun | Noun | ||||
Outer Subject Pronoun | Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier | |||||
Morphemes | ch'u | qe1 | ne | ghe | Ø | duk | gin | k'eli |
Morpheme Changes | n | |||||||
lowered e deletes followed by a consonant | ||||||||
English | and | they | feelings, unusual mental states | perfect |
dance Mode: perfect Aspect: perambulative |
this | song |
Verb Theme | ni # Ø classifier + (y)u (root) |
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Meaning | dance, commonly a slow, individualized dance |
Theme Class | repetitive |
Type |
Stem Set: Root = (y)u, Tag = singluar goes | ||||
Mode | ||||
Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
Momentaneous | jush | ju | juł | |
Continuative | yu | yu | yu | yu |
Distributive | yu | yu | yu | yu |
Perambulative | yuł | duk | dush | dush/dish |
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