BEAVER TRAPPING
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Dena'ina: Qughusht'a dayesh hdi qun, zełghal, heyi niłtu.
English: When they were nicely cured, I bundled them up (keeping them) for winter.

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

  Adverb Object Relative Suffix Enclitic Prefix Positions Stem Noun Postposition
Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Qughusht'a dayesh hdi qun Ø z esh ł ghal heyi niłtu
Morpheme Changes             e        
sh deletes when preceding ł
English Nicely meat dried in wind one day then, next when food, piece of meat perfect I  

pack; bundle

Mode: perfect

Aspect: conclusive

 winter for the purpose of

Verb Theme Object + Gender + ł classifier + ghał (root)
Meaning package, bundle objects
Theme Class conversive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = gha, Tag = Pack, bundle
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Neuter ghal ghal ghal  
Momentaneous ghax ghan ghał gah
Progressive ghał      
Continuative gha' gha' ghak  
Perambulative ghał ghak ghash  
Conclusive ghal ghal ghil  
Distributive gha' ghan gha' gha'
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