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English: And, they said [began to say], "the plants will be [become] our food." |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
Conjunc-tion | Conjunc-tion | Subject | Posessive | Object | Prefix Positions | Stem | ||||
Gender | Inceptive | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier | |||||||
Morphemes | Ch'u | yadi | nudelyahi | na- | k'un'a | Ø | te | ghe | Ø | lał |
Morpheme Changes | tu | |||||||||
e changes to u, ghe deletes when a consonant + e (Ce) precedes ghe | ||||||||||
English | And | what | plants | our | food | person (friend) | future |
will become Mode: future Aspect: neuter |
Verb Theme | Gender + Ø classifier + la (root) |
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Meaning | be, is, exists (transitional = become) |
Theme Class | Descriptive |
Type |
Stem Set: Root = la, Tag = to be | ||||
Mode | ||||
Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
Neuter | lan (le') | la' | lał | |
Reversative | lah | lan | lah | lah |
Transitional | lah | lat | lah | lah |
Prefix Positions | Stem | ||||
Outer Subject Pronoun | Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Classifier | ||
Morphemes | qe | d | Ø | Ø | nih |
Morpheme Changes | t | ||||
d changes to t before a nasal | |||||
English | they | refers to voice | optative |
said Mode: optative Aspect: durative |
Verb Theme | (complement) d + Ø classifier + ni (root) |
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Meaning | say, tell, deem |
Theme Class | Operative |
Type |
Stem Set: Root = ni, Tag = say, deem | ||||
Mode | ||||
Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
Durative | ni/ne' | ni/ni' | nił | nih |
Momentaneous | nix | ni | nił | ni |
Neuter | ni/nih | ne/nih | ne/nih | ne/nih |
Neuter/Negative | ne' | ne' | ne' | ne' |
Transitional | nit | nit | nił | nih |
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