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Verbs which have the accent on the last syllable form the following series : 

 k'oiEntcu't, to talk to someone. 



An analysis of these forms shows that most of them originate by composition, 

 the pronominal object following the verb, the pronominal subject following the 

 pronominal object. The pronominal object suffixes seem to have the following 

 forms : 



me, — tcEm us, — ti 



thee, — tc ye, — tim {for — tip) 



1dm, ■ — them, — teQs 



The pronominal subject suffixes have the following forms: 



I, — En me, — t 



thou, — Q ye, — p 



he, — s they, — s 



But they are much more irregular than the objective suffixes. 



The conditional is formed in the =amo manner as that of the intransitive verb by 

 means of the prefix a- and the suffix -us : 



awi'ktcEnus, if I see thee. 

 awlktipus, if thou seest vs. 



awikte'QsEnous, if I --tec tin in. 



Passive Pakticiple. 



■Jou'm, to stab. 

 ni'kEm, to cut. 



lot, stabbed. 

 nikt, cut. 



From this participle the passive is formed : 



oaq tot, he has been stabled. 



Ijipekative. 



The imperative of the transitive and intransitive verbs are formed in the same 

 manner, second person singular bj- -a, second person plural by -Osa: 



tlaba'nza, eat ! o'pita, eat it ! 



tlaha'nzosa, eat ye ! O'pitOza, cat ye it .' 



The future serves as an exhortative : 



Qwikt tlaha'ns, let us eat .' or, n-e shall eat. 



The Ntlakya'pamuQ distingui.sbes between the transitive verb witli detenniued 

 object and without object. Tlie latter is derived from the stem of tlie transitive 

 verb by the ending -em : 



aqkEn tcii'um, I am ivorldng. aq tcuta'na, I tvorJi at it. 



aqkEn pe'qEm, I am hunting aq pe'qEna ksmc'its, 7 am Ina.ti'iy deer. I 



Qwe'im, Jw is looking. Qwe'es, he is loohing for ii. 



tl'Emo'pEm, to choj). aq tl'Emo'pEna, / chv}) it. 



me'Qima, Uch! me'Qita, kick it! 



o'tlEm, to sing. e'tlEna, J sing it. ' 



pu'istEm, to kill {one). pu'istEna, I kill it. 



qostE'm, to love. aqostE'na, / love it. 



