MY FRIEND & I WENT HUNTING
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Dena'ina: Ch'u ida ghe chi'ełyuq.
English: And I gave the moose to my friend.

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

  Conjunction Object Postposition Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u ida ghe chi i + Ø esh ł yuq
Morpheme Changes       chi' i deletes to avoid double vowels e    
glottal stop inserted when disjunct boundary is followed by a vowel sh deletes before ł
English And friend for object's (friend) use death, illness perfect I  

kill (singular object)

Mode: perfect

Aspect: transitional

Verb Theme chi # Object + ł classifier + yuq (root)
Meaning kill singular object
Theme Class  
Type  

Stem Set: Root = yuq, Tag = happen, affect
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Transitional nah yuq nił ni

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