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English: I made balik. |
| Object | Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
| 12. Deictic Pronoun |
8. Gender |
4. Mode |
2. Subject Pronoun |
1. Classifier |
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| Morphemes | Balik | Ø | Ø | z+i | esh | ł | chin |
| z-perfective | |||||||
| Sound Changes | z | e | |||||
| i drop to avoid double vowels | sh drops before ł | ||||||
| English | Dried fish | it | dry fish | perfect mode | I |
made; created Aspect: conclusive Mode: perfect |
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| Verb Theme | Object + Gender + ł classifier + chi (root) |
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| Meaning | make, build, or create a singular object |
| Theme Class | Conversive |
| Type | Transitive, singular |
| Stem Set: Root = chi, Tag = make a singular object | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Momentaneous | chix | chin | chił | chix |
| Condusive | chi | chin | chił | chi |
| Negative | che | chil | chil | chi |
| Neuter | chin | chil | chil | chi |
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