MY FRIEND & I WENT HUNTING
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Dena'ina: ch'u begh chi'ełyuq.
English: and I killed it while it was beside him.

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

  Conjunction Object of Postposition Post-position Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Inner Subject Pronoun Classifier
Morphemes ch'u be- -egh chi i + Ø esh ł yuq
Morpheme Changes   begh chi' i deletes to avoid double vowels e    
e deletes to avoid double vowels glottal stop inserted when disjunct boundary is followed by a vowel sh deletes when preceeding ł
English and him by, beside 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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