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English: And I cut it, |
| Conjunction | Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
| 12. Deictic Pronoun |
8. Gender |
4. Mode |
2. Subject Pronoun |
1. Classifier |
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| Morphemes | Ch'u | Ø | Ø | ghe+i | esh | Ø | t'uts' |
| gh-perfective | |||||||
| Sound Changes | ghe | s | |||||
| i drop to avoid double vowels | e drops to avoid double vowels, h drops before t | ||||||
| English | And | it | fish object | perfect mode | I |
cut (with a knife) Aspect: durative Mode: perfect, gh perfective |
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| Verb Theme | Object + Gender + Ø classifier + t'uts' (root) |
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| Meaning | cut an object with a knife, saw, scythe; cut an object with an edged tool |
| Theme Class | Successive |
| Type | Transitive |
| Stem Set: Root = t'uts', Tag = cut with an edged tool | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Momentanous | t'us | t'uts' | t'es | t'us |
| Durative | t'us | t'uts' | t'us | t'is |
| Distributive | t'us | t'uts' | t'us | t'is |
| Reversative | t'es | t'uts' | t'es | |
| Semelfactive | t'es | t'es | t'es | t'es |
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