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4. The temporal and modal suffixes have been mentioned before. 

 Throug^h contraction between them and the pronominal suffixes origi- 

 nate forms the historical development of which is not by any means 

 clear. It would seem that there is also a suffix -gi- which appears in 

 many forms, and does not seem to form part of the pronominal 

 element. This, however, has undergone so many changes that its 

 character and function are not clear. 



5. The pronominal suffixes do not show a very close relation to the 

 personal pronoun, and, furthermore, are somewhat differentiated in 

 different modes of the verb. A comparison of the various forms 

 suggests the following as the essential elements of the suffixed pro- 

 nominal verbal forms: 



INTRANSITIVE 



I . . . . -fc we -?n]c 



thou . . . ? ye -tic 



he ... . — they -t 



It may be that the m and t of the first and second persons plural are 

 related to 77iuri and turi, which may contain the same endings as Erri 

 (see pp. 706, 719, 726). The second person singular is quite doubtful; 

 but it is conceivable that it may contain by origin a form in -gi related 

 to the pronoun git. In the intransitive verb the second and third per- 

 sons singular are, in their present forms, identical. The third person 

 plural has clearly the element t,^ which is not the same as the t of the 

 second person plural. 



§ 63. Structure of the Transitive Ver7> 



The structure of the transitive verb is, on the whole, analogous to 

 that of the intransitive. 



1. For the first persons singular and plural, the same pronominal 

 prefixes as in the intransitive appear, as subjects. The transitive 

 forms of the third person, singular and plural, have the prefix ne-. 

 The clearness of the picture is obscured by the fact that the transitive 

 forms 



THOU — us; YE — ME, US and 



THOU, YE, HE — ME 



do not exist, and generalized intransitive forms are used in their 

 place. These are formed with the prefix ine- or with the suffix -tJcu 

 {see p. 819, no. 28; p. 808, no. 67). It is possible that the peculiar 

 form YE — HIM, THEM has the same origin (see p. 809). I presume this 



1 See plural of nouns, p. 694. 

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