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the formation of conditions. Before examples are given of subordi- 

 nate constructions, a few remarks on the subordinate forms themselves 

 will be in place. . 



The aoristic -da^- forms of an intransitive verb like hog'*- run are: 

 Singular : 



Of these forms, that of the first person plural in -a'm is identical, 

 as far as the suffix is concerned, with the future form of the cor- 

 responding person and number. The example given above (Jio- 

 gwiga'm) was found used quite analogously to the more transpa- 

 rently subordinate forms of the other persons {alxl'^xam Tiogwiga'm 

 HE SAW us RUN, like alxl'^xi Tio'Vde^da^ he saw me run) ; the form of 

 the stem is all that keeps apart the future and the subordinate aorist 

 of the first person plural (thus hogwiga'm we shall run with short o) . 

 No form in -i'Yda^, such as might perhaps be expected, was found. 

 The catch of the first and third person singular of class I verbs dis- 

 appears before the -da^ (see § 22). The falling accent of the stem, 

 however, remains, and the quantity of the stressed vowel is length- 

 ened unless followed by a diphthong-forming element. Thus: 



yd'°da^ when he went 58.8 (ya'^ he went 96.8); cf. 188.17 

 ha-i-lc!iyi'^¥da^ when he came (Jba-i-k!iyi'^V he came 156.24) 

 yawa'ida^ as they were talking 130.13 (yawa'^^ they talked) 

 xebe'nda^ when he did so 142.10 (xehe'^n he did so 118.14) 



The subordinate form of the third person aorist of class II intransi- 

 tives ends in -fa^ if the immediately preceding vowel has a rising 

 accent. Thus: 



s'as'inlt'a^ when he stood {s'as'inl he stood 120.12) 

 hplot'a^ when it rained (loplo^t' it rained 90.1) 



In the second person singular the personal -f and the -d- of the 

 subordinating suffix amalgamate to -d-. The subordinate second per- 

 son plural in -fha^ is not improbably simply formed on the analogy 

 of the corresponding singular form in -da% the normal difference 

 § 70 



