Putting Up Fish
Line 11

Dena'ina: Ch'u dghaznigi yidgheshchet.
English: And I put it in the cache.

  Conjunction Object Prefix Positions Stem
Object of the Postposition 18.
Postposition
8.
Gender
4.
Mode
2.
Subject Pronoun
1.
Classifier
Morphemes Ch'u dghaznigi ye idu Ø ghe+i esh Ø chet
gh-perfective
Sound Changes     y id   gh sh    
e drops to avoid double vowels u drops before gh e and i drop to avoid double vowels e drops to avoid double vowels
English And cache it inside its mouth (inside the cache opening) pertaining to a cache perfect mode I  

moved (the fish) quickly by hand

Aspect: momentaneous

Mode: perfective


Verb Theme Object + d + Gender + Ø classifier + chet (root)
Meaning handle or move a compact object quickly
Theme Class Motion
Type Transitive

Stem Set: Root = chet, Tag = move the hand quickly
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentaneous chit chet cheł chit
Reversative chet chet chet chet
Semelfactive chet chet chet  
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