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raneity (see § 88). The nominalized verb (b) is used commonly in 

 narrative to express the progress of an action. When coordinated 

 with another verb, it expresses an antecedent (see § 88). 



The future is formed by the prefix re- and the correlative pro- 

 nominal forms. Quite commonly the future is given the form of an 

 exhortative. 



§ 8S. The Siibjunctive 



The subjunctive {a) and (b) are, the former an exhortative form, the 

 latter the form used in conditional and other subordinate clauses. The 

 former is frequently used for expressing the future, particularly when 

 it implies the idea of intention. 

 Subjunctive («): 



niiwa'lomga^n let him know 



va'nivan nuwa'lomga^n he would not hear anything 



meivkwe'tycl^li let me depart 17.10 



milimala' hnoa^li let me begin to obey 21.4 



minranto' mik let us leave the town 56.8 



niyi'lqatij'd^n let him sleep 9.1 



nica'atvaahi let her be cast away 39.3 



mi'ilhrr let me give thee 15.13 



mimata' gir let me marry thee 77.1 



minlete'Uik let us carry yon awav 74.15 



niTo'q_ ya'rat va'nevan a^nlu^' net three houses, not at all the}^ could 



see them 61.10 

 nexLioUrlt a^nei'mityd^n she would take the soul of the woman 

 37.11 

 Korj^ak : 



minyaitila' miTc let us go home! Kor. 26.8 

 nayanva' nnniin let them skin it! Kor. 26.10 

 minilqaJa'iniJc let us go! Kor. 28.5 



miJciphs'qewIa'tilc I will stun them with blows Kor. 29.7 

 ya'qu-yak quwai' matin a^iitai'lci-gi into what desirest thou one 

 should make thee? Kor. 38.4 



Subjunctive (Ji) does not appear very often in the texts. 



e'ur E7Vni'n' nv'tyd^n, qora'ni minf yilhit if j'ou were like this, 



we should give you reindeer 

 Enqa'n ni^gite'nin, nuhoi'd^n if she should look upon that one, she 



would die 37.12 

 ia' 7)1 leule'wu tiHhi'd'n why should I harm her ? 38.12 

 va'iiEvan nute's'qdn nfyo^'nhi he would not at all reach the ground 



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