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English: I made dried carcasses out of that meat. |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
| Indirect Object (Inherently Possessed Noun) | Demonstrative Pronoun | Relative Suffix | Object | Prefix Positions | Stem | ||||
| Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Inner Subject Pronoun | Classifier | ||||||
| Morphemes | Betsen | ghen | -hdi | k'q'ush | Ø | ghe + i | esh | Ø | ghun |
| Morpheme Changes | be = its tsen = flesh |
Peter Kalifornsky's prefered way of writing 'ghin' | gh | ||||||
| e and i delete to avoid double vowels | |||||||||
| English | its flesh | that | then, next | carcass of small game, boned and spread for drying | food; piece of meat | perfect | I |
make plural objects Mode: perfect Aspect: durative |
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| Verb Theme | Object + Gender + Ø classifier + ghun (root) |
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| Meaning | make plural objects |
| Theme Class | operative |
| Type |
| Stem Set: Root = ghun, Tag = make, kill plural objects | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Momentaneous | ghux | ghun | ghuł | ghun |
| Customary | ghish | ghik | ghish | ghish |
| Neuter | ghen | ghen | ghik | ghek |
| Repetitive | ghish | ghik | ghish | ghish |
| Durative | ghun | ghun | ||
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