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English: I set traps in the water (for them) |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
| Object | Object of Post- position |
Post- position |
Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
| Adverb | Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Inner Subject Pronoun | Classifier | |||||
| Morphemes | K'iłkedi | be- | -a | ta | Ø | ne + i | esh | Ø | lu |
| Morpheme Changes | be+a = ba | n | esh + l becomes ł; e deletes? | łu | |||||
| e deletes to avoid double vowels | i & e delete to avoid double vowels | esh + l becomes ł | |||||||
| English | Steel trap | it | in contact with | submerged in water | plural objects (steel traps) | perfect | I |
plural objects are in position Mode: perfect Aspect: momentaneous |
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| Verb Theme | Gender + Ø classifier + lu (root) |
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| Meaning | classify plural; plural objects are in position |
| Theme Class | Stative Classificatory |
| Type |
| Stem Set: Root = lu, Tag = classify plural | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Momentaneous | la | lu | lał | lix |
| Continuative | la | la' | la' | la' |
| Neuter | lu | lu | lu | lu |
| Distributive | la | lu | la | la |
| Reversative | lah | lu | lah | lah |
| Repetitive | lax | lak | lax | lix |
| Customary | lish | lik | lish | |
| Perambulative | lał | lyak | lyash | lyash |
| Progressive | lał | |||
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