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Besides separate suffixes indicating the imperative of intransitive 

 and transitive verbs (see §§ 61, 62), Siuslaw shows distinct suffixes 

 that express the pronominal and possessive interrelations between 

 subject and object. 



Another interesting feature that may be noted in connection with 

 the formation of the imperative mode is the presence of a distinct 

 negative form of the imperative or prohibitive mode, and the man- 

 ner in which it is expressed. Generally speaking, the durative suffix 

 -Is (see § 69), used in connection with the subjective pronouns for the 

 second persons (see § 24), and in addition to the particle of negation 

 (see § 131), expresses the prohibitive mode. This idiomatic expres- 

 sion may be justified by the fact that a prohibitive command addressed 

 to the second person has much in common with the negative form of 

 a durative action performed by the same person. 



Owing to the fact that the imperative suffixes express other cate- 

 gories than a command, the prohibitive form of the imperative 

 referring to such categories is expressed b}^ adding to the durative 

 -Is the respective suffixes that denote the non-imperative idea (see 

 §§ 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37). Examples of the prohibitive mode and a 

 detailed description of its formation will be found in § § 60-62, 42-46. 



§ 41. Eochortative Sufiixes Expressing the Direct Object of the Third 

 Person -yun, -i^yun, -ini 



These three suffixes express an admonition to perform an action 

 having a third (not mentioned) person as its object. The difference 

 between -yun and -V"yun could not be traced to any particular cause, 

 owing chiefly to the fact that the latter form occurs very seldom. The 

 informant alwaj^s rendered the first two suffixes by a transitive future, 

 and they seem to have been employed quite extensively in this second- 

 ary function. 



-yun is suffixed to verbs expressing transitive ideas onl}^, and the 

 stem to which it is added always occurs in an amplified form (see § § 7, 

 112). 



a'^q- to leave 56.6 ta^'h^ns aya'qyun tE Wl'a} here we 



two (inch) will leave this salmon 

 (literally, let us two leave) 

 lIox- to send 16.10 Lf°tva'xyu7i Intc I will send these 



people (literally, let me send) 

 30.19 



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