Putting Up Fish
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Dena'ina: Dich'anełtan.
English: I took it out.

  Prefix Positions Stem
Adverb 12.
Deictic Pronoun
4.
Mode
2.
Subject Pronoun
1.
Classifier
Morphemes dich'a Ø ne+i esh ł tan
n-perfective, adverb defined
Sound Changes     n e    
e and i drop to avoid double vowels sh drops when followed by ł
English out from inside (out of the net) it perfect mode I  

handled a singular animate object

Aspect: momentaneous

Mode: perfect, n perfective


Verb Theme Object + ł classifier + ta (root)
Meaning handle a singular animate object (living or dead)
Theme Class Motion
Type Intransitive, singular

Stem Set: Root = ta , Tag = classify an animate object (living or dead)
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Momentanous tash tan tał tish
Metamorphic tah tan tah tih
Progressive tał tak tah tish
Continuative ta ta' tał tah
Customary tish tik tish  
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