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The nominal forms of these two types are — 



Type I Type II 



l\ 



-txeka (rare) 



. . -ic, -it 

 . . -eka (rare) 



As in the intransitive verb, the future is expressed by the pres- 

 ent of the desiderative, 



txlaxin I shall beat thee ikeja'xJcin I shall accept thee 



txlalin I shall beat him tkejalnin or tkejalkitin I shall 



accept him 



The two types of conjugation depend upon suffixes which pre- 

 cede the pronominal elements. Some verbal stems are used with 

 and without these suffixes, with a modification of meaning. 



texU'jin (Type I) I take away my boots 



texli'jnin (Type II) I take away something from the table 



The loss of modes in Kamchadalmay be due to Russian influence. 

 There are a number of Kamchadal forms, evidently remains of 

 older forms, which resemble the Chukchee even more closely than 

 the forms just described. Thus we find — 



Kamchadal Chukchee 



jiljin yi'lirkin thou givest him 



ji'lijhum oie'yilhum they gave me 



{d)nji'lji7nitk ne'yilmik they gave us 



§ t^, Ejcaniples of Verbal Suffixes 



CHUKCHEE 



The phonetic rules discussed in §§ 1-23 bring about frequent 

 c hanges in the verbal suffixes. As a matter of convenience I will sum- 

 marize here the most common modifications, a few of which can not 

 be explained by the general phonetic laws. 



1. Verbal stems terminating in a vowel add the verbal suffix with- 

 out auxiliary vowel. Whenever the initial g of the suffix stands in 

 intervocalic position, it is either dropped or pronounced very weakly. 



telere'd^lc < t-ele?'e'-gd^]c I felt lonesome 



nayo^'nnge^ <ne-yg^nng-gi^ he began to be overtaken 10.7 



In stems ending in a double vowel this may lead to trivocalic clus- 

 ters, which are never contracted. 



tipa'aa^lc <ti-pg,'a-ga^'k I ceased 21.1 

 tiya'aa^TcKti-ya'a-gd^'k I used 

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