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Koryak: 



nenavo^nvo-mu'yu e^'en ganu'linau when we find them they 



have been eaten Kor. 59.9, 10 

 mi'mla ninu'qen, qalne-key gate'wJalen when a louse bit (ate) 



her, then tliey shook her combination suit Kor. 76.4,5 



On the whole the forms in ne — gin are used much more frequently 

 in Chukchee than in Koryak, in which dialect the progress of the 

 narrative is more prominent. 



§ 89. NoniinaUzed Verb {h) 



The nominalized verb {h) ga — lin expresses a completed transition 

 and may often be translated by to have become. 



ya'rat qano'twe^len she was one who had (become poor), R 45.22 

 no' d-e-U7n gene'l-i-um poor (I) I had become R 45.28 



Koryak: 



gama'lalin it had grown better, Kor. 14.11 

 gagi'tilinau they had became frozen Kor. 14.3 



In narrative it expresses the progress of action, but apparently 

 not with the same intensity as the verbal forms. 



gUmni'n pe'nin-fle'iv gewi^'lin my former wife died R. 45.29. 

 yicemre'tti gettwile' Linet a company of brothers went to sea in a 



boat 64.3 

 e'ur girgironta'hen a^'Uwild then day broke while the boat's 



crew was approaching 10.9 



Koryak : 



va^'yak gaya'Jqiwlin afterwards he entered Kor. 14.1 

 ga'JqaLin he went Kor. 16.3 



In a number of cases it clearly expresses temporal sequence. 



e'nmen gequ'pqdnteLin i'wkwi^ after she was quite starved she 



said 39.1 

 Ai'wan-a'lcTcata fii'Thin gedJieiulu'ulin a'fiqa-to'rmi, Enfa'q um 



fii'lhin getinus' qice' Lin e'ur um nethetau'qen memle'ti the 



Aiwan's son had hidden a thong on the sea-shore, then (when) 



he had tugged the thong, then he made him fall into the 



water 48.3-5 

 giUe'ulit um nan, Tci'^u-ri'Lu nelu^'d^n after they had become 



hungry they saw a whale carcass 65.1 

 gaa'lomle^n, i'wkwi^ after he had heard it he said 56.12 

 ganto's'qeulen e'ur snqa'n . . . ninerkile' qin after he had rushed 



out he was being pursued 57.11 



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