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It corresponds to a verbal stem q with the possessive forms for 

 absence. 



k'i'lwdnEtriEnLaq qen gEnE'ma I bought her to be my wife 

 This finaHs is very frequently used with verbs, which, however, 

 take certain suffixes. Most often they take the ending -e, which 

 seems to nominalize the verbal term. When, however, the verb 

 has another pronominal suffix, as in the second person or with the 

 object of the second person, it takes tue suffix -a before the pro- 

 nominal suffix. In the fu"st person, exclusive, and inclusive, the 

 pronoun may be repeated suffixed to the verb. In this case the idea 

 of finality is often so weak that it is hardly more than a connective. 



wd'dzdEntsos qEti plux^e'de go on that I may taste 37.32 {wd go 



on; -dzd emphatic [no. 119, p. 494]; plux^e'd to taste) 

 qan ^ne'Tc'e and I say so 453.24 



^yd'lag EinEnLas Gu'ldsme qEU g'd'xe I have been sent by Wood- 

 pecker to come 302.24 (^yd'laqa to send; -Em instrument [no. 

 173]; -riLas 1 by him; Gu'ldEin woodpecker; g'dx to come) 

 we'g'a, . . . qsns do'qwaU^x q!d' paLd'sEUs ^ne^nEmo'lcwex go 

 on, . . . that we may see the hitting of our friends 296.31 

 {do'qwdla to be looking; qJap- to hit; -seus of our; ^nEinok'^ 

 friend; -ex postnominal dem. 2d pers.) 

 . . . qa^s la'os ax^e'd that you go and take 465.34 

 . . . qa^s taple'dayos that you eat (break the shells) 284.22 

 . . . qsn Le'xs^alexEns xuno'kwex that I advise our child 290.13 

 . . . qsn e'k'dwesg'ada -riEX^une'k' and I stake this blanket 292.3 

 we'g'a L.'o'p.'edEq^ qa^s hamx'H'dadsaq'^ go on, roast this and eat 



this 38.7 (L.'dp- to roast; hamx'^l'd to eat) 

 Le'Hdlaxes g'okulote qa g'd'xes he called his tribe to come 23.2 

 ax^e'dxes q.'o'latsle qn^s g'd'xe he took his kettle and came 20.8 



If the verb has the first form of the third person, and takes an 

 object or instrumentalis, the final -s is followed by an -e. 



qa dE'nxHdesesa gd'gak' !ak' Id'Hayu qlE'mdEma that they sing the 

 wooing songs 82.3 (dE'nxHd to sing; gale'- wife [no. 141, p. 498]; 

 -/t".'aZanoise[no. 144,p. 499]; -a ?/w instrument [no. 174, p. 507]; 

 qlEmdETn song) 



Verbs with object of the second person take the ending -aoL, cor- 

 responding to -ads in verbs with second person subject. 



Monosyllabic verbs in -a take -d in place of -ae, and -ayos or ads in 

 place of -aaos. 



In the future the -e precedes the future suffix, and the endings are 

 the same as usual, -cl, -eios, -Iles. 



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