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GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[second conjugation.] 



NEGATIVE FORM. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 

 Present. 



Singular. 

 II itt.i n'dawi, I do not go 

 Matta k'dawi, thou dost not go 

 Matta ewi, he does not go 



Singular. 

 Matta n'dawip, I did not go 

 Matta k'dawip, thou didst not go 

 Matta ewip, he did not go 



Singular. 

 Mattatsch n'dawi, I shall not go 

 Mattatsch k'dawi, thou shall not go 

 Mattatsch w'dawi or ewi, he shall not go 



Plural. 

 Matta n'dawuneen, we do not go 

 Matta k'dawunewo, ye do not go 

 Matta ewiwak, they do not go. 



Preterite. 



Plural. 

 Matta n'dawunenap, we did not go 

 Matta k'dawihhiuioap or k'dawunewoap, ye did 



not go 

 Matta w'dawunewoap or ewipannik, they did 

 not go. 



Future. 



Plural. 

 Mattatsch n'dawuneen, we shah not go 

 Mattatsch k'dawunewo, ye shall not go 

 Mattatsch ewiwak, they shall not go. 



Singular. 

 Katschi ta ahaii, do not go 



IMPERATIVE MOOD. 



Plural. 

 Katschi ta ahek, go ye not. 



SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. 

 Present. 



Singular. 

 Matta n'dawonne, when or if I do not go 

 Matta awonne, when or if thou dost not go 

 Matta aque, when or if he does not go 



Plural. 

 Matta awenke, when or if we do not go 

 Matta aweque, when or if ye do not go 

 Matta achtite, when or if they do not go. 



The other tenses of this verb in the subjunctive mood are not given. 



SOCIAL FORM. 



Witeen*, to go with 



To go with some body. 



INFINITIVE MOOD. 



I Witencep, to have gone with. 



* JVote by the Translator. — The derivation of this word triteen from n'da, I go, does not 

 immediately appear. In the first place it must be observed, that the author frequently con- 



