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Ham 3 or 3 3 ha mo go (Sg)! g. 2. g. yi ta 3 3 ha ha me2 4 4me 2 or yi or ta 3 3 ham ham 3mak2 4mak2 Let him go! 3. g. ha4m[a3]~i3do3 Don't go (Sg)! l0. INFINITIVES: The infinitive is formed from the future stem, the infinitive marker _N 4 _ and a participle person/number marker. 1n4i 5 to buy 144: got n a to buy got The negative infinitive is formed from the future stem and the infinitive form of the verb ~id3. ll. OTHER VERB FORMS: Some other verb forms which are occasionally used have been found but more research is needed to establish their exact functions.

L. PERSON/NUMBER CATEGORIES: The following table shows the basic forms of the person/number categories distinguished in the Gimira personal pronoun system: Table 3 singular 4 ta 1st Person Plural Exc. nu Inc. 4 G. nl 2nd Person yin Honorific Vocative 4 5 2tay1k'n3 . t Yln 2 m, wo f. 5 3rd Person m. yl f. WU Reflexive ba 5 4 i 5say 1k'n3 ba is 5 gen 3 4 ba 4 1 1 -12- ba 4 is a third person re£lexive pronoun which has extended use beyond that of a normal reflexive pronoun. g • . e. 2. PRONOUN SETS: The following chart shows the forms of the various sets of pronouns that are used and the slots in which they function.

Past Continuous: Past participle + yist 3- . 3 ten 2 e 3 wu 1 sa 3 h an 3 k, a 4 Y1S Negative: 1 wu sa 3 · e h e was gO'tng 3 4 . 4 423 han k' a Y1S tar ge ne she ~s not going -32In fast speech, the two parts of these tenses become one word and the participle suffix and y- of yi'st or yisk- are elided. g. g. g. g. The negative has the same form as the simple future negative. g. g. g. I have taken hold of The negative has the same form as the simple past negative. Semantic- ally, this tense appears to be identical with the simple present perfect.

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