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GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[first conjugation.] 



The Future. 

 May be formed from the present tense, as lias been already shewn. 



Note. — From the verb pommauchsin is also formed petauchsin, to live so 

 long, till now, to this time, and is conjugated through all the moods and 

 tenses of the radical verb. When we say petauchsohalgun, it is as much as 

 to say " he" (the Saviour) " has preserved our lives or kept (keeps) us living 

 until this time." In this sense, it can only be said of the Deity and of 

 no one else. It is, as one might say, a religious verb. 



No. IX. 



Lauchsin, to live, to walk. 



This verb is derived from pommauchsin above conjugated*. 

 INFINITIVE MOOD. 



Lauchsin, to live, walk. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 

 Present. 



Singular. 

 N'dcllauchsin, F live or walk 

 K'dellauchsiu, thou livest or walkest 

 W'dellauchsin or lauchsu, he lives or walks 



Plural. 

 N'dellauchsineen or n'dellauchsihununena, we 



live or walk 

 K'dellauchsihhimo, ye live or walk 

 W'dellauchsinewo or lauchsowak, they live or 



walk. 



Preterite. 



Singular. 

 N'dellauehsineep or n'dellauchsihump, I lived 



or walked 

 K'dellauchsineep or k'dellauchsihump, thou 



livedst or walkcdst 

 W'dellauchsineep or lauchsop, he lived or walked 



Plural. 

 N'dellauchsihummenakup, we lived or walked 

 K'dellauchsihimoakup, ye lived or walked 

 W'dellauchsinewo or lauchsopannik, they lived 

 or walked. 



* A'otc by the Translator. — The author does not explain himself further, but I have been in- 

 formed by Mr Hockcwelder that the Delawares have various verbs in which they combine the 

 idea of life with actions of Living men. Thus a person who has been sick, being asked how be is, 

 will answer, I live, 1 walk, 1 am on my feet, I am lively, able to walk about. In other circumstances, 

 ibi' answer to such a question will be given by a different verb. The author, in bis copious Dela- 

 ware Vocabulary, in the form of a spelling book, has neither lauchsin nor pommauchsin, be has 

 pontmutin, to walk, pommixin, to creep. These shades of language can only be acquired by 

 practice. 



