Putting Up Fish
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Dena'ina: ch'u nanłghal.
English: and I bundled it.

  Conjunction Prefix Positions Stem
16.
Iterative
12.
Deictic Pronoun
8.
Gender
4.
Mode
2.
Subject Pronoun
1.
Classifier
Morphemes ch'u na Ø Ø ne+i esh ł ghal
n-perfective
Sound Changes         n Ø    
e and i drop to avoid double vowels e drops to avoid double vowels
sh drops before ł
English and repeatedly put balik in the bundle it dried fish perfect mode I  

bundle, package

Aspect: conclusive

Mode: perfect


Verb Theme Object + Gender + ł classifier + ghal (root)
Meaning bundle, bale, package, bundle the object; bind object (person) with straps
Theme Class Conversive
Type Transitive

Stem Set: Root = ghal, Tag = bundle, package
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous ghax ghan ghał gha
Progressive ghał      
Ghcont gha' gha' gha' ghak
Distributive gha' ghan gha' gha'
Zcont gha' ghan gha' gha'
Perambulative ghał ghak ghash  
Neuter ghal ghal ghal ghal
Conclusive ghal ghal ghal ghił
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