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lo'do-yei to go somewhere, to start off somewhere to play. 

 kude'de-yei to go somewhere to kill. 



It follows the general rules of conjugation of transitive and 

 intransitive verbs. 



§ 94. The supine, by means of the auxiliary verb le (to be), 

 expresses the readiness, or the intention to do something, and 

 corresponds to the Latin conjiigatio pcripJirastica. 



keldin-le to be getting ready to come, to be ready, to intend to come. 

 Ti'tel ani'le leu'din-leni they fish are getting ready to eat. 



Voices. 



The following voices are formed from transitive and intransi- 

 tive verbs. 



§ 95. The reflexive voice is formed from a transitive verb by 

 means of the personal pronoun met, which is prefixed to the 

 verb. In the Slav languages the reflexive voice is formed in the 

 same manner; but the pronoun ''self" is used by the latter 

 as a suflix. For instance : 



Mef^ me' t-kiide' deye I myself kill. 



Tet'' me't-kude'deyek^ Thou thyself killest. 



Tudel' me't-kiide'dei He himself kills, ^ or killed. 



These verbs are conjugated like intransitive verbs. 



§ 96. The passive voice is formed from transitive verbs by 

 means of the suffix 0, which is usually blended, together with 

 the final vowel of the base, into a long o. For instance : 



Kude'do instead oi kude'de-o. 



Verbs in the passive voice are conjugated like intransitive 

 verbs. For instance : 



Tu' del^ kere'ken-e kiide'do-i He is killed by a Koryak. 



1 It is interesting to note that, in the Tundra dialect, the prefix-pronoun of the 

 reflexive changes by persons, as in the Romano-Germanic languages : 



Met^ met'bunje I kill myself. 



tef^ tet-bun-jek'' Thou killest thyself. 



tiidel'' tiir-biin-i He kills, or killed, himself. 



