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GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[fourth conjugation.] 



REFLECTED FORM. 



There is also a reflected form of the verb : 

 As Likewise 



N'penda n'hakey*, I hear myself 

 K\»endawa hakey, ihou hearest thyself 

 Pendawawall hokeyall, he hears himself. 



N'dahowala n'hakey, I love myself 

 K'dahowala hakey, thou lovest thyself 

 Wdahoalawall or w'dahowalawall hokeyall, he 

 loves himself. 



PERSONAL FORMS OR TRANSITIONS. 



In order to enable the reader to compare these forms in the positive 

 and negative voices, they are placed here in opposition to each other. 



FIRST TRANSITION. 



First Person Singular, I. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 

 Present. 



POSITIVE. 



K'pendolen, I hear thee 

 N'pendawa, I hear him 

 K'pendolohhumo, 1 hear you 

 N'peudawawak, 1 hear them. 



K'pendolenep, I did hear thee 

 N'pendawap, I did hear him 

 K'pendolohnumoap, I did hear you 

 N'pendawoapannik, I did hear them. 



NEGATIVE- 



Atta k'pendolowi, 1 hear not thee 

 Atta n'pendawawi, I hear not him 

 Atta k'pendolhummowi, I hear not you 

 Atta n'pendawawiwak, I hear not them. 



Preterite. 



Atta k'pendolowip, I heard not thee 

 Atla n'pendawawip, I heard not him 

 Atta k'pendolohiiinmowip, I heard not you. 

 Atta n'pendawawipannik, 1 heard net them. 



Future. 



K'pendolentsch, I shall or will hear thee 

 N'pendawatsch, I shall or will hear him 

 K'pendolobhumotsch, I shall or will hear you 

 N'pendawawaktsch.I shall or will hear them. 



Atta k'pendolowitsch, I shall or will not hear 



thee 

 Atla n'pendawawitsch, I shall or will not hear 



him 

 Atta k'pendollnmmiowitsch, I shall or will not 



hear you 

 Atta n'pendawawiwaktsch, 1 shall or will not 



hear them. 



* Note by Ike Translator. — Nhakey signifies lite-ally " my body," whirh i« synonymous to 

 " my person," oi "my If" In English we say "somebody, nobody," for oiijuw, nemo. There 

 is nothing barbarous in those words. 



