VERBAL INDEFINITE. 601 



the verbal indefinite of transitive verbs, it expresses a desire, a wishing or 

 craving for, a tendency toward, an attempt; but when appended to the verbal 

 of intransitives, it has to be rendered by heiug on the point of, going to he. 



Concerning their syntactic use, we have to disting-uish whether verbals 

 in -shtka are used like finite verbs, independent of any other verb, or are 

 governed by another verb. - 



1. When used independently of any other verb, this verbal is not in- 

 flected, except through the auxiliary gi to he, and is hence to be compared 

 to the usitative form in -nk, -n (-ank, -an) referred to pages 408. 580 sq. 

 The subject noun or pronoun joined to it and the substantive verb gi, 

 whether added or left out elliptically, gives it the predicative power of a 

 finite verb. 



ndnka A'-ukskni liigsalshtkak, w'vnxa, siukshtkak some Klamath Lake men 

 ivanted to make a slave of him, others to kill (him), 24, 16; of. 17. 



shnu'kshtkan na'sh siwak hil'nk I want to seize this one girl, 23, 8. 



na'sh shnuktsastkak hu'nk wiitch one (man) attempted to seize that horse, 

 30, 2. 



tsui sa sakatpampeleastka gi then they desired to have a horse-race, 20, 14. 



hii hu't misli pan shli'shtka gi'uapk if he should attempt to shoot at you 

 again, 110, 4. 



2. When governed by another verb standing in the same sentence, the 

 subject of the verbal desiderative is also that of the finite verb governing it, 

 as appears from the following: 



kek6-uya shiillkishpje'ni geshtga giii'ga he attempted repeatedly to go to 



the reservation, 55, 11. 

 nanka ka-i shdwanat pash shi'ukshtka giug others gave (him) no victuals, 



desirous of starving (him) to death, (i(), 10. 11. 

 hull4dshui weka K'mukamtchash pa'ksh pakakoleshtka the little hoy ran 



toivard IVmukamtch, desirous of jerking off (from his neck) the tohacco- 



pipe, 9G, 14. 



There are a few forms of the verbal indefinite in our Texts which in- 

 dicate the existence of other case forms of this verbal than are mentioned 



