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hand, the dative of verbal nouns is used instead of the above 

 form of supine. Instead of saying as in the above example, the 

 following expression might be used. Met lo'dol-nin kie'ce. In 

 this way, the form which corresponds to the Latin supine is 

 rather a substantive than a verbal form. 



§ 89. Perfective I called the mode which expresses an ab- 

 solute certainty that the action will take place. It is formed 

 by means of the suffix moji' , which is put between the verbal 

 suffix and the base. 



Transitive. Intransitive. 



1. Met d' -moji 3. Met^ kobe'i-moji-ye 



2. Titel a! -moji-Tiaiu 4. Titel^ kobe'i-moji-ni 



1. I am able to do, or shall do, without fail. 



2. They are able to do, or will do, without fail. 



3. I can go away, I shall certainly go away. 



4. They can go away, they will certainly go away, 



§ 90. The potential mood is formed by means of the prefix 

 mo' li^ and expresses hope or fear that a certain action will take 

 place. For instance : 



Met'' mo' li-co' u I may cut off, and lest I cut off. 



Met'' mo' li-el-co' iiye I nearly cut off. 



§ 91. The evidential mood is formed by means of the suffix 

 lel\ which is a verbal noun (see § 83) from the verb Ic (to be, 

 exist, live). The evidential mode is used when something is 

 told, not from the experience of the narrator, but ( i ) from hear- 

 say, (2) as a supposition, (3) as a conclusion drawn from certain 

 traces that the action had taken place, (4) as a dream, and (5) 

 as reminiscences of events which had occurred in the early 

 childhood of the narrator, and of which he had learned subse- 



Transitive. Intransitive. 



Met -a' -lei' u'-lelje 



Tet ■d'-lel-mik'' u'-lel-Jek^ 



Tiidel-d' -lel-um ^ u' -lel-i 



1 The third person, indicative mode is a-iir, hut in this case // is introduced after 

 the consonant /. 



