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§ 82. JPreclicative Fortns of Pronouns and of Numerals 



Indefinite (interrogative) pronouns and numerals are frequently 

 used in predicative form, and take all verbal forms. They may also 

 take verbal affixes, but of these only a few are in frequent use. 



Chukchee Koryak Kamenskoye 



req yaq ^ what 



ya'qiki'n}{yaq+ iJcin) what do you do, 

 ya'qiylcin}£ov.2S.10 want? 

 yiyaqa'wikin what do you make 



him do? 

 what do you begin 



re'qdrkin {req + rkin) 

 {ri — eu 



rireqe xirqin 

 to cause) 

 raqino'rkin {-nno to 



yagnivo'iki7i 



Koryak: 



ya'qlau what are they doing? Kor. 24.5 

 yaqlaikine' tik what are you doing Kor. 24.8 

 gaya! qlinat what happened to them Kor. 30.9 

 niya'qi-gi what is the matter with thee Kor. 39.5 

 The predicative numerals are freely compounded with other verbs. 

 gumni'n e'Tcik kitu'r mingitka'wkwe^ (Chukchee) my son last year 



ten reached {gumni'n mj^; e'TclTc son; kitu'r last year; vungit 



ten -ken verbal suffix of numerals; gi^ 3d sing.) 

 kiu'ki tnniLinka'wkwa^k 1 staved there five nights (kiu'ki passing 



nights; t- I; mi Lin five; -keu verbal suffijc of numerals; -gd^k 



1st sing.) 



1 Koryak II taq what; ta'qatkin what do you do, want? 

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