Putting Up Fish
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Dena'ina: Tahbił tanełkiz.
English: I set the net in the water.

  Subject Prefix Positions Stem
17.
Adverb
8.
Gender
4.
Mode
2.
Subject Pronoun
1.
Classifier
Morphemes Tabił ta Ø ne+i esh ł kiz
n-perfective, adverb defined
Sound Changes       n e    
e and i drop to avoid double vowels sh drops when followed by ł
English Net submerged in water fabric-like object (net) perfect mode I  

place a fabric-like object in position; implies it lies in position

Aspect: momentaneous

Mode: perfect, n perfective


Verb Theme Gender + ł classifier + kits (root)
Meaning fabric-like object is in position; flat object is in position, flexible object is in position
Theme Class Classificatory/Motion
Type Transitive

Stem Set: Root = kits, Tag = place a fabric-like object
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentanous kis kiz kes kis
Continuative kis kiz kiz  
Neuter kiz kiz    
Reversative kes kiz kes  
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