Paradigms and verb forms
Dena'ina Qenaga Du'idnaghelnik
Verbal paradigm: O-qat 'eat'
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| łiq'a elqat I am eating fish |
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| łiq'a nlqat dit you are eating fish |
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| łiq'a lqat s/he is eating fish |
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| łiq'a ch'elqat we are eating fish |
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| łiq'a elqat you guys are eating fish |
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| łiq'a qelqat they are eating fish |
Nominal paradigm: -unkda mother
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| shunkda my mother |
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| nunkda your mother |
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| vunkda his/her mother |
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| navunkda our mother(s) |
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| nhunkda you guys' mother |
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| qevunkda their mother |
Miscellaneous verb forms
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| Shnił'an. He looks at me. |
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| Shnił'an. He looks at me. |
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| Nen shi k'i ntengheł'ił. I'm looking at you. |
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| Gu (ghu) hninł'an. Look here! |
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| Dena'inaq' sheł qinax. Speak to me in the Dena'ina language. |
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| Dena'inaq' shugu qeshnax da. I am speaking in the Dena'ina language. |
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| Nch'u qadashdestnik. He doesn't hear/understand me. |
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| Qadashdinix dit? Do you hear/understand me? |
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| Nch'u qadandeshtnik. I don't hear/understand you. |
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| Nch'u nq'aynidelzex. I don't understand you. |
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| Nch'u gheli shq'aynidilzex. He doesn't understand me. |
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| Nt'i k'i ghu nq'aynidelzex. Well, I can understand you. |
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| Nch'u yeq'aynidelzex. He doesn't understand her. |
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| Qadashdinex. Listen to me. |
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| Qadandeshnex. I'm listening to you. |
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| Daha gheli q'u hch'aninyu? Where have you come from? |
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| Nundaltin hch'anesh(d)yu (shit). I come from Nondalton. |
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| Shegh ninyu (dit). You came to me. |
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| Negh neshyu shit. I came to you. |
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| Negh tgheshyuł. I'll come to you. |
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| Negh gheshdu shit. I was staying with you. |
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| Shegh zidu. You are visiting me. |
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| (K')k'uynidanlnen. I forgot. |
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| Nen k'i k'uynidaninlnen. You forgot, too. |