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kude'done coro'mox^ The man that has been killing. 



lodol adi'lek' The youth that has been playing. 



§ 85. The optative mode expresses, by means of the suffixes 

 u'ol or ini'cbi, a desire to do a certain thing. Both transitive 

 and intransitive verbs may have this mode. It is conjugated in 

 all forms and in both tenses. The suffixes icol^ and mi' ebi are 

 put either between the base and the other verbal suffixes, or be- 

 tween the latter and the first person, present-preterite, of the 

 definite conjugation (see § 82). 



dl-u'o/^ (trans, v.) to desire to do (the base is a'), 



mo'd-uol^ (intrans. v.) to desire to sit (the base is jho' do 



but is dropped). 



7Jiet aluol'- I desire to do. 



met^ mo' dual Je I wish to sit. 



met el-d' luolje I don't wish to sit. 



met dl'uolit'' I shall wish to do. 



met'' mo'diudteye I shall wish to sit. 



?/<?/ expresses only the desire, but not the possibility of doing ; 

 while Dii' cbi expresses both ideas. For instance : 



1. mef- lend-uol-fe I desire to eat, I am hungry. 



2. vief- leude-iniebi-je I wish to eat (having food). 



§ 86. The conjunctive mood is expressed by means of the 

 prefix ot : 



Met a' nil ai of leu I (once) more fish would eat. 



Tet ea'caniii ot'-xo' njek thou to the elder brother shouldst 



go- 



§ 87. The conditional mood has several forms. The follow- 

 ing are all the forms of the verb a (to do) : 



met -a! -de a' -Hide a' -lelde a' -lelnide a' l-gene or a' -lelgene 



tet 



tudel - 



mit 



tit 



titel - 



( ( 



a -gene 



I i 



a! -detune or a! -leldeune 



i( 



a' -liikene or a'-lelukene 



(( 



a (( 



a'Tiideune or a' -lelTiideune 



