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me-'p give (me) ! 



o-no'-pa go! 



hata'm-pada do ye search for! 



20. -ta future.imperative. 



wo'no-ta it shall die, let it die! 

 tse-ta' let them see! 

 ma-ta'-si let me be ! 



21. -bo future imperative. 

 yahaf-bo let it be good ! 



wb'no-kon-kddo ma-ho' a mortal-world let it be! 



22. -jm, -pe, -pee exhortative. 

 b'-no-po let us go! 

 hil's-ta-pe let us stay ! 

 Tielai' -to-pee let us gamble! 



23. -de interrogative. 



oka' -de mbye'Tn is he hungry ? 

 wd'no-ti-ma-Jca-de-s shall I kill? 

 suda'Tca-de is it sweet ? 



24. -beneie) obligation, must. 



b-koi'-hene mintse'm ye must go away 

 so'-doi-ben must bring, carry on shoulder 

 b-noi'-hen-ma-p do not go away ! 



25. -Int obligation^ compulsion, intensive. 

 b-nb' -lut-TYia-ka-s I must go along 

 ya'Tc-tse-ti-lut-weten looking exactly like 



It is used also with adjectives, as tete'-luti very large, and with 

 nouns sometimes, as e's-to-luti the very center. 



26. -yaha ought, should. 



b-koi' -yaha-ka-ankano you ought to go away {yaha good, although 

 an independent adjective, seems in such cases as this to be 

 fully incorporated as a suffix into the verbal structure) 



27. -nats can. 



wb' no-TYien-atse-s I can not die 

 wi-wo'-doi-natse-no can you lift it (a long thing) ? 

 wile'-no-natse-n mo' -ye can he run ? 



28. -bo might. 



d'n-no-ti-bb-si I might swallow 



ya-tai' -hb-nb you might miss (with arrow) 



29. -helu may, perhaps (?). 



yo-do't-pa-nu-to-helu'-kb-kan he may have tied them up to 

 ok-he'lu-kb-enkesi we all may be hungry 

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