BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES CHUKCHEE 



The Forms of the Transitive Verb {^ 67-71) 



§67. CHUKCHEE 



Transitive Suflixes 



TRANSITIVE FORMS 

 First and Second Person Objects 



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Object 



(l)thee 



(2) you 



(3) us (except thou, ye — us) 



Indicative I: 

 Subjunctive la 



-tik 

 -inik 



Impera- 

 tive II 



Future 

 III 



■git 



-ntik 



-mik 



Derived Modes 

 in -irkin IV 



•Igit 

 ■itik 

 -imik 



THIRD PERSON FORMS 



(I) him (except he, ye— him) . 



(5) them (except he, ye — them) 



(6) he— him 



(6') he— them 



-net 

 -nin 

 -tiinet 



(no ending) 



■it 



-in 

 -inet 



INTRANSITIVE FORMS 



Object 



(7) he— me . . . 



(8) thou— me, us . 



(9) ye — me, us • 

 (10) ye— him, them 



Indica- 

 tive I 



-tik 

 -tki 



Subjunc- 

 tive lo 



-tik 

 -tki 



Impera- 

 tive II 



-gl' 



-tik 

 -gitki 



Future 

 III 



-gd' 



-ntik 

 -Hitki 



Derived Modes 

 in -irkin IV 



(no ending) 



-Uik 

 -itki 



1 With -tku preceding pronominal suffix. 

 NOMINAL PREDICATIVE FORMS 



(11) they— me» 



2 See § 73. This form takes the prefix ne-. 



Transitive Prefixes 



TRANSITIVE FORMS 



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