GRAMMAR OF THE YUKAGHIR LANGUAGE 



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Ph i 



( 3' 



§ 82, 



Transitive. 

 Present-Preterite. 



kude' de-ine 



Definite Conjugation. 



Intransitive. 



-me 



-711 ele oxkiide' de-vile 



-I' 



-met'' 



-niuiele 



Future. 

 hide' de -tine 

 -tme 

 -tniele 



-till' 



-fenief 



-Tiitemle 



§ 83. In the definite conjugation, the predicate is used when 

 the subject is in the definite nominative case, or the direct object 

 in the definite accusative. For instance : 



I. Met^ lodo'-ye 

 I. Met' lodo'-teye 



or 



I. Tet' hide' demik'' 

 I. Tet' hide' detmih 

 3. Met d'ce hide' de 



and 2. Me'teh to' dot' 

 and 2. Me'teh lodo'tel' 



I played. 

 I shall play. 



and 2. Te'teh hide'de-me Thou hast killed, 

 and 2. Te'teh kude' det-jue Thou wilt kill, 

 and 4. Met d'celeh hide' - 



deme 1 killed a reindeer. 



The examples (i) may be used to answer the question, Who 

 did, or will do, a certain thing? while (2) are used in reply to 

 the question, Who did or will do a certain thing ? (3) answers 

 the question. What I did? and (4) answers the question, WJiat 

 I killed ? 



§ 84. When the form of the first person, singular number, 

 present-preterite, definite conjugation, precedes a noun, it as- 

 sumes the meaning of a participle. 



