Stress Patterns

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63. Stress patterns: V(owels) elevated pitch on stem or on full prefix vowel

  • yetúłtał play symbol - s/he’ll bring him
  • yítúłtał play symbol - s/he’ll find him
  • chích'úl'ul play symbol - we played
  • chích'úl'úl ni play symbol - let’s play
  • ezhí play symbol - it's cold
  • ízhi play symbol - name
  • gheshchégh play symbol - I cried
  • ghíchegh play symbol - s/he cried
  • bénqel'á play symbol - his stuff, belongings
  • nábenqel'á play symbol - our stuff

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64. CghV vs. CV, with stress

  • teshnásh play symbol - I move
  • tgheshnáł play symbol - I will move
  • telggúsh play symbol - s/he starts to run
  • tghelggésh play symbol - I will run
  • tghítetl' play symbol - you will kick it rep.
  • ítíghíteł play symbol - you will kick it once
  • dghełdés play symbol - it is heavy
  • deghełdés play symbol - it was heavy
  • tghełchíł play symbol - I will make it
  • dígheshchin play symbol - I was hungry

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Portraits Feodosia Sacaloff, James Kari and Peter Kalifornsky at 1974 Kenai Peninsula History conference.
Portraits Feodisia Sacaloff, Bertha Monfor, and Eva Lorenzo at Bertha's home ca. 1972.
Portraits Ephim Baktuit in Kenai, ca. 1953.