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§ y6. The following remarks should be added to the above 

 tables. 



§ 77. The Yukaghir language has the transitive verb ll (to 

 have), which is absent in the Ural-Altaic languages. 



§ 78. Intransitive verbs whose base ends with a short vowel 

 assume the suffixes je, jck\ etc., in the present-preterite, and 

 ce, cek\ etc., in the future tense ; with a long vowel or a 

 diphthong they assume the suffixes ce, cek\ etc., in the present- 

 preterite, and teye, tcyek\ etc., in the future ; while those ending 

 in a consonant have the suffixes jc,jek\ etc., or ce^ cck\ etc., for 

 the former, and teye, teyek\ etc., for the latter tense. 



§ 79. The negative conjugation of transitive verbs corre- 

 sponds to the positive conjugation (with the exception of the 

 negative prefix ^/) of intransitive verbs. 



§ 80. All forms of the indefinite conjugation are actual pred- 

 icate forms. It is only the first person, singular number, present 

 preterite, of intransitive verbs that may be used as a modifier 

 when put before a noun. It thus takes the place of adjective 

 forms, which are absent in the Yukaghir language (see § 40). 

 For instance : 



1. Mef" le'ye I am, or I live. 



2. Le'ye coro'niox'' Living, existing man. 



1. Met ebi' beye I arn black. 



2. Ebi' beye xar A black skin. 



§ 81. The interrogative form is used only when it does not 

 refer to the verb itself. For instance : 



Mit e'ye d'tei ? Will we make a bow ? 



dtel is the positive form, but in the expressions, 



Mit^ xani' n e'ye alit'ok^ ? When will we make a bow? 

 Mit'' xa' miol e'ye atu' ok' ? How many bows will we make ! 



the verb is used in the interrogative form. 



