30 DAKOTA GRAMMAR, TEXTS, AND ETHNOGRAPHY. 
IMPERATIVE MODE. 
Plur. 
hiytt po, ete., come ye. 
Sing. 
hiytt wo, ete., come thou. 
(b) Yukan, to be or there is. 
Sing. Dual. Plur. 
3. yukan, there is some. yukanpi, they are. 
2. dukaypi, you are. 
1: upkan, we two are. tyjkanpi, we are. 
The yerb ‘yukan’ in the singular is applied to things and not to persons except 
as considered collectively. 
(c) Plur. Yakonpi, they are. 
Dual. Plur. 
yakoypi, they are. 
dakanonpi, you are. 
uyyakoypi, we are. 
Sing. 
es) 
2. dakanon, thou art. 
ie ujyakoy, we two are. 
These last two verbs, it will be observed, are defective. Kiyukay, formed from 
yukay, is used in the sense of to make room for one and is of the first conjugation. 
VERBS WITH OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS. 
§ 52. 1. The objective pronoun occupies the same place in the verb as 
the subjective; as, kaska, he binds, makaska, he binds me; manoy, he steals, 
maninoy, he steals thee. 
2. When the same verb contains both a subjective and an objective 
pronoun, the objective is placed first; as, mayakaska, thou bindest me, 
An exception is formed by the pronoun 
of the first person plural, which is always placed before the pronoun of the 
second person, whether subjective or objective; as wyniéaskapi, we bind you. 
mawicayanoy, thou stealest them. 









KASKA, to tie or bind. 
him, her, it. thee. me. them. you, us. 
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Sing. 3. kaska niéaska | makaska wicdkaska | niédaskapi unkéskapi 
2. yakdska maydkaska |wiédyakaska unydkaskapi 
\£ 1. wakidska Ciéaska wiéawakaska | ¢iéaskapi | 
|S i. ee . 
s Dual. uynkdaska wiétinkaska 
p= 
a Plur. 3. kaskapi ni¢askapi makdskapi jwiédékaskapi | niédskapi | unkaskapi 
2. yakdskapi | maydkaskapijwiedyakaskapi upyakaskapi 
1. unkdskapi | unniéaskapi!| wien kaskapi| unnicaskapi 
= = = | | 
m Sing. kaskda wo, ete. makiiska wo wiéakaska wo) | unkaska po 
& | Plur. kaski po, ete. makaska po |wiédkaska po unkaska po 
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