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sitive verb and of the subjunctive connectives of the subject of the 

 intransitive verb corresponds to a similar i^henomenon that may be 

 observed in the pronominal forms. These will be discussed in 

 § § 49-50. The series of connectives may be represented as follows: 



1. Subject of intransitive 

 verb, and object of transi- 

 tive verb 



2. Subject of transitive verb 



1. Subject of intransitive 

 verb, and object of transi- 

 tive verb 



2. Subject of transitive verb 



A. Indicative. 



(a) 

 Indefi- 

 nite. 



(b) 

 Present. 



•dE 



•dEt 



(c) 

 Ab- 

 sent. 



-gE 



-QEt 



B. Subjunctive. 



(a) 

 Indefi- 

 nite. 



-(E) 



-dEt 



(b) 

 Present. 



-sdE 

 -dE 



-dES 



-dEt 



Ab- 

 sent. 



-SQE 



-tgE 



-tgEt 



I. Common nouns 



II. Proper names. 



§ 25. Predicative Connectives 



In the present section I shall give examples of these x^arious 

 classes of connectives, such as occur between verbs and nouns. 



All. Intransitive verbs, indicative, common nouns: 

 {a) Indefinite connective -e 



da nl\^-he'°tgE a'uta a nE-'godsA a'Tif^Et then the por- 

 cupine stood at the edge of the water {da then; 

 i<X'6'- toward water; he°tg to stand; a' at porcupine; 

 « at; WjB- po.ssessive; rfso^ edge; a^-« water) 



ho'lfgE hi' nfgEga. a'ksga° his bellv wa.s full of water 

 {holtg full; h((n belly; gsga development of prepo- 

 sition a [see § 28] ; aks water) 



SEin-hd'°SE ds.'(l'lga° the beaver was much afraid {sEm- 

 very; haP.^ afraid; sfs/dl beaver) 

 (J) Present connective -dE 



7ia-stu'°ldE lgu'HgEHi y!u'°tga° the boy went along 

 {na- past; stuH to go in company; IgUPlg child; 

 -Ein attributive connective [§ 22]; yluH man) 



da al UlElEin-lia' pdE n.'a'^.dEt but then the killer- 

 whales rushed in {da then; al but; tslElEm- into 

 from the side; A«/> to rush [plural]; n.'d'^.d killer- 

 whales) 

 (c) Absent connective -gE 



da 7ia-hd'°gE O'Jga" then the white bear ran out of the 

 woods {)ui- out of woods; hd° to run; 61 bear) 



dagik ksE-nd'°lgEgA sts!d'lga° then the beaver breathed 

 again {gik again; ksE- out; naPlg breath; .sts.'dl 

 beaver) 



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