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in the hortative mode) . The result is a hortative expression with an 

 added pronominal element : 



pi'in^tA si (hortative prefix, 124G pi?-, + verb stem followed by auxiliary, 

 si) / want him to hmj it 

 Compare ; 



pf'^in&.tA let him buy it 

 Occasionally an uninflected word will function as a predicate, in which 

 case a verbal auxiliary indicates the subject and object: 



t6-ne si / like him 

 The word te-ne fulfills the function ordinarily performed by a verb, 

 both semantically (it may be translated to like) and syntactically (it 

 fills a predicate slot) although it is never inflected. 



The basic forms of the verbal auxiliaries are listed in chart 6. As in 

 the case of pronominal prefixes occurring with transitive verbs, verbal 

 auxiliaries appear with seven principal subject-object combinations. 

 In addition, there is a form expressing fourth person subject with third 

 person object, distinctive forms for the passive voice, and a form 

 expressing indefinite subject. Unlike the set of verb affixes, however, 

 only three modes are recognized. A comparison with charts 1 and 2 

 reveals that verbal auxiliaries are based on a set of prefixes identical 

 in form to certain allomorphs of the afiixes of Century Class 100. 

 Verbal auxiliaries actually have nothing that can be regarded as a 

 stem unless it is the vowel -u (or -i in a few cases). This vowel, 

 however, is comparable to the thematic adjunct of verbs. The -niA 

 occurring in many forms may best be regarded as a suffix, although 

 it cannot be assigned a meaning. 



Chart 6. — Basic Forms of Verbal Auxiliaries 



