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quently. Transitive, as well as intransitive, verbs have this 

 mode. Let us take the verbs a (do) and u (be born). 



Mit -d' -lel-i u'-lel-jeili 



Tit -d'-lel-jnet' u' -lel-jeyemet^ 



Ti'tel -a' -lel-nam u' -lel-ni 



Met eci' e tin mi' mole dm My father this house made (the 



narrator saw). 



Met eci' e tin nu'tnoie d'lelum My father this house made (it is 



apparent). 



Afet eci'e tin nu'mole a' lelum, My father this house made, they 

 mo'nhi say. 



Met yendo'Je, met eci' e tin niunole I dreamed that my father this 

 d'lelum house built. 



Tolo'u medi'n pogV -lel-i A wild reindeer just now ran by 



(would be said, should fresh 

 traces of reindeer-hoofs be ex- 

 amined on the ground). 



" I was born " would be translated, met u' leljc (and not u'fe)^ 

 since no one can be a witness of his own birth. 



§ 92. The inchoative mood is formed by means of the aux- 

 iliary verb a (to do), which is put between the base and the 

 suffix. Of course the end vowel of the base is frequently 

 dropped in this case, a changes into e after /. 



pa'nde to cook panda' to start cooking. 



o'fe to drink ojd' to begin to drink. 



mo' do to sit madd' to sit down (begin to sit). 



o'rpo to hang a'rpd to begin to hang. 



po'gi to run (of animals) P^lgid to start running. 



See pp. 1 01, 102 with reference to changing into a in the 

 verbs mo' do and o'rpo. 



Tudel^ pa'ndd-i (intrans.), he began cooking. Tudel o'jile 

 o'Jd-m (trans.), he water started to drink. 



§ 93. By adding the suffix yei to the stem of the verb, an 

 action is expressed for the completion of which it is required to 

 go somewhere. Yei, used separately, is a verb whose meaning 

 is to "rush one's self" "to throw one's self" 



