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GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[first conjugation.] 



Future. 



Singular. 

 Matta n'dappiwitsch, I shall or will not be there 

 Matta k'dappiwitsch, thou shalt or wilt not be 



there 

 Matta w'dappiwitsch, he shall or will not be 



there 



Plural. 

 Matta n'dappiwuneentsch, we shall or will not 



be there 

 Matta k'dappiwihhimotseh, ye shall or will not 



be there 

 Matta achpiwiwaktsch, they shall or will not be 



there. 



IMPERATIVE MOOD. 



(Not given.) 



SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. 

 Present. 



Singular. 

 Matta aehpiwake, when or if I am not there 

 Matta achpiwonne, when or if thou art not there 

 Matta achpique, when or if he is not there 



Plural. 



Matta achpiwenke, when or if we are not there 



Matta achpiweque, when or if ye are not there 



Matta achpichtique, when or if they are not 



there. 



Preterite. 



Singular. 

 Matta achpiwakup, when or if I was not there 

 Matta achpiwonnup, when or if thou wast not 



there 

 Matta achpikup, when or if he was not there 



Plural. 

 Matta achpiwenkup, when or if we were not 



there 

 Matta achpiwekup, when or if ye were not there 

 Matta achpichtitup, when or if they were not 



there. 



Pluperfect. 



Singular. | Plural. 



Matta achpiwakpanne, if 1 had not been there Matta achpiwenkpanne, if we had not been there 

 Matta achsiwonpanne, if thou hadst not been i Matta achpiwekpanne, if ye had not been there 

 there Matta achpichtikpanne, if they had not been 



Matta achpikpanne, if he had not been there ' there. 



Future. 



Singular. 

 Matta achpiwaklsch", when or if I shall not be 



there 

 Matta achpiwounctsch, when or if thou shalt not 



be there 

 Matta achpiquetsch, when or if he shall not be 



there 



Plural. 

 Mattatsch aehpiwenque, when or if we shall 



not be there 

 Mattatsch achpiweke, when or if ye shall not 



be there 

 Mattatsch achpichtique, when or if they shall 



not be there. 



* Note by the Translator. — It will be observed that tsrh, the sign of the future, is here affixed 

 in the singular to the adverb, and in the plural the verb is inflected by it. It will be found, in the 



preceding page, c bined in both numbers with the adverb ta, which signifies, where. 1 have 



been informed by Mr Heckewvlilei, that either form may be adopted, whether in the singular or 

 plural, and thai the eai is the best guide in such cases. So the negative may be expressed by 

 atta or matta, as the ear directs. 



