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across, or througli an object, and also ways and means of getting 

 something. 



1. Met o'ji-geii kie'ce I on water came (on a boat or 



raft). 



2. Tu'del' ti' bi-d-ani' l-o;en yu' odei He through the smoke opening 



(chimney) was looking. 



3. Tu'del'' tin' mejigele yu' o-geu He his axe under belt put. 



morn' cetn. 



4. Met' te'tui O'timuu-co'bil-gen I you over the Kolyma tundra 



ka'udet'' shall drive. 



5. Met' cu'go-degen kobe'iteye I along his road shall go. 



6. Met ir' kin dc'ex e' inie-geu 



viin'me I one reindeer in exchange took. 



§ 18. Suffix get or got of the ablative indicates motion from 

 or out of an object, and has apparently been derived from the 

 locative by the addition of /. 



Tu'del nimio'get u'Jzoc He out of the house went. 



Met eci'e-get kie'ce I from the father came. 



The ablative is also used for the purpose of expressing the 

 degrees of comparison of adjectives (see §41). 



§ 19. The definite form of the accusative is the same as the 

 definite nominative (see §§ 13, 14). This form remains un- 

 changed after all the three persons. If used as a direct object, 

 it is put between the subject and the transitive verb, in which 

 case the latter is conjugated in the definite conjugation (see § 82). 



1. Met eci'e core' molok yu' omle My father a man saw. 



2. Met eci'e oino'ce coro' 7nox yu' omle My father a good man saw. 



§ 20. The indefinite form of the accusative, serving as a direct 

 object when the subject is in the first or second person, is equal 

 to the indefinite nominative ; that is, the base of the noun. It 

 is only when the subject is in the third person that a special c^ 

 le, or lo is joined to the direct object following it. 



Met' cord mo yu' o I a man saw. 



Tet ci'ce yii'omik' Thou a reindeer sawest. 



Tu'del' cord nio-lo yu' oni He a man saw. 



Met eci'e ci'ce-le yu'om My father a reindeer saw. 



