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Dena'ina: Łtaqul'i bidults'i.
English: There were eight of them staying inside (the lodge).

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

  Adverb of Quantity Prefix Positions Stem
Object of Post-
position
Post-
position
Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P
Classifier
Morphemes Łtaqul'i be- -i de ghe + i l ts'i
Morpheme Changes   be+i= bi du    
e deletes to avoid double vowels i deleted to avoid double vowels; ghe preceded by consonant + e (Ce): ghe deletes, e changes to u
English Eight it in object, inside object, as inside an enclosure: refering to the lodge plural compact objects perfect  

plural sit, stay

Mode: perfect

Aspect: neuter


Verb Theme d gender + l classifier + ts'i (root)
Meaning plural sit, stay
Theme Class stative
Type  

Stem Set: Root = ts'i, Tag = plural sit, stay
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Neuter ts'i ts'i ts'ił ts'ih
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