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English: I did that for nine days, then I took it down, |
| Adverb | Subject | Conjunction | Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||
| 17. Adverb |
8. Gender |
4. Mode |
2. Subject Pronoun |
1. Classifier |
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| Morphemes | Łq'ich'idi | jani | yethdi | nu | n | ghe+i | esh | Ø | lu |
| gh-perfective (adverb defined) | |||||||||
| Sound Changes | gh | e | łu | ||||||
| e and i drop to avoid double vowels | sh deletion: see stem | sh (subject pronoun) + l(u) becomes ł(u) | |||||||
| English | Nine | days | then | toward the ground | classifies as a rope-like object JT:151 |
perfect mode | I |
place rope-like object in position Aspect: momentaneous Mode: perfect |
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| Verb Theme | Gender + Ø classifier + lu (root) |
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| Meaning | plural objects are in position; singular rope-like object is in position |
| Theme Class | Stative-classificatory |
| Type | Intransitive |
| Stem Set: Root = lu, Tag = classify plural objects | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Momentaneous | la | lu | lał | lix |
| Reversitive | lah | lu | lah | lah |
| Repetitive | lax | lak | lax | lax |
| Customary | lish | lik | lish | |
| Neuter | lu | lu | lu | |
| Perambulative | lał | lyak | lyash | lyash |
| Progressive | lał | |||
| Continuative | la | la' | la' | la' |
| Persistive | lah | lah | lah | lah |
| Distributive | la | lu | la | la |
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