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between the singular and plural of the second person consisting 

 simply of the added -b- (-p') of the latter; similarly, e-ida'^ when 

 THOU ART and eifha^ when ye are. Judging by the analogy of the 

 subordinates of transitive forms in -dam and -dap'^ the subordinate 

 forms of the second persons of class II intransitives end in -fa^ (-da^) 

 and -faba^ {-daba^) : 



s'as'inlfa^ when you stood (s'as'intfam, you stood) 

 s'as'inifba^ when ye stood {s'as'inlt'ap ye stood) 



Note the ambiguity of the form s'as'inU'a^ when he or you stood; 

 compare the similar ambiguity in naga'-ida^ when he said and 

 naga-ida'^ when you said 130.14; 132.23. 



The transitive subordinates of the aorist are also characterized by 

 a suffixed -da^, except that forms with a third personal subject 

 invariably substitute -{a)na'^ {-ina'^ with fii'st person plural object), 

 and that the personal endings -dam (thou — me) and -dap' (ye — me) 

 become simply -da^ and -daba^ respectively. The latter forms are 

 thus distinguished from non-subordinate futures merely by the 

 aoristic stem {al-xl'^xda^ when you saw me, but al-xl'^xda^ you 

 WILL see me). Analogously to what we have seen to take place 

 in the intransitive, -f p' becomes -t'ba^. The subordinate aorists of 

 tlomom- KILL are: * 



The forms with first personal plural subject {-na'^V) and second 

 personal object were not obtained, but the corresponding forms in 

 -iga'm (first person plural intransitive) and -anaga'm (first person 

 plural subject third person object) leave no doubt as to their cor- 

 rectness. These forms differ from ordinary futures of the same 



1 The corresponding non-subordinate forms are given in parentheses. 



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