Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...eat the food that is given to you. 258.33 (liamx-'i'd to eat, Tiamg-l'la to give food, -ayu passive 36, no. 174, Iol to you) qa so k-.'e'slax haeiia'plax&L if you should not eat 262.11 (k-.'es not, -lax uncertainty, Jiaemdep to eat, -lax uncertainty, Ol you 50.5) fid. Imperative ami JSxIioi'tdfire The imperative of inchoative verbs is generally formed with the suffix (-a; that of continuative verbs, with-la. dd'salg-a dive! 461.23 The defective forms ge'la Come! lid'ya Go! belong here. We find also the double form ge'lag-a Come! Often the imperative is introduced by a form derived from the interjection we Go On! which takes the imperative ending-g-a or (in the future)-g-it. In other cases the we takes pronominal endings. In constructions with we'ya, the intransitive verb takes the ending-x. we'g-a 'nd'xumdlax go on, cover your face! 185.35 we'g-il la gwd'lalaLF.x keep ready! 242.2S wa'Eiitsos qsn Wul&'ol let me ask you (==you exhortative that I ask you) 145.22 Sometimes lm'g-a and ge'la aje used in the same manner as we'ya. lid'g-a xwd'nalcul Kx go and get ready! 114.28 Exhortatives are formed with the suffix-ar: we'x-ins wl'nax K. let us make war on K. 301.25 we'g-ax-l Id'k.'wemases nd'qa yos strengthen your mind 13.8 gwd'lax-l Jie'x-sidaEin d'q.'uses nd'qayusaq don't believe your own mind at once 269.3 Negative imperatives are always introduced by gwd'la Don't! which is derived from gwa. To Cease. gwd'la enek-don't say so! 144.35 It is quite likely that the forms in-g-a are related to the demonstrative endings, and that the imperative is less a modal form than an expression of the immediate nearness of action. In many cases the imperative'idea is expressed by the future, either alone or introduced by..."
