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English: And I smoked them. |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
Conjunction | Conjunction | Object | Prefix Positions | Stem | ||||||
Object of Post- position |
Post- position |
Gender | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Inner Subject Pronoun | Classifier | |||||
Morphemes | Ch'u | yethdi | dasgedi | ye | i | Ø | ghe + i | esh | Ø | lu |
Morpheme Changes | ye+i= yi | gh | e | łu | ||||||
e deletes to avoid double vowels | e and i delete to avoid double vowels | sh + l = ł | sh + l = ł | |||||||
English | And | and then, next | smoke, 'that which is smoking' | it | in object, inside object, in an enclosure | food, piece of meat | perfect | I |
plural objects are in position Mode: perfect Aspect: momentaneous |
Verb Theme | Gender + Ø classifier + lu (root) |
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Meaning | 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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