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GRAMMAR OF THIi LANGUAGE 



[fourth conjugation.] 



SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. 

 Present. 



Singular. 

 Nihillalgussiane, if or when I am owned 

 K'nihillalgussiane, if or when thou art owned 

 NihillaJgussite, if or when he is owned 



Plural. 

 \ihillaigussiyenke, if or when we are owned 

 Nihillalgussiyeque, if or when ye are owned 

 Nihillalgussichtite, if or when they are owned. 



Preterite. 



Singular. 

 Nihillalgussiyannup, if or when I was owned 

 K'nihill.dgussiyannup,iforwhenfhouwertowned 

 iVihillalgussitup, if or when he was owned 



Plural. 

 Nihillalgussiyenkup, if or when we were owned 

 Nihillalgussiyekup, if or when ye were owned 

 Nihillalgussichtitup,if or when they were owned. 



Pluperfect. 



Singular. 

 Nihillalgussianpanne, if or when I had been 



owned 

 K'nihillalgussianpanne, if or when thou hadst 



been owned 

 Nihillalgussitpanne, if or when he had been 



owned 



Plural. 

 Nihillalgussiyenkpanne, if or when we had been 



owned 

 Nihillalgu«siyekpanne, if or when ye had been 



owned 

 Nihillalgussichtitpanne, if or when they had 



been owned. 



The Future 

 Is like the present, adding tsch. 



Imperative) Caret. 



PERSONAL FORMS. 



INFINITIVE MOOD. 

 {Not given.) 



PARTICIPLES*. 



Singular. 

 Nihi11a!id,hewho owns me, my Lord, my master 

 Nihillalquonk, he who owns thee, thy Lord 

 Nihillalat.he who owns him, his Lord 



Plural. 

 Nihillalquenk, he who owns us, our Lord 

 Nihillalqueek, he who owns you, your Lord 

 Nihillalquichtit, he who owns them, their Lord 



Substantively in the T^ocative case. 



Singular. Plural. 



Nihillalian, O thou my Lord ! | Nihillaliyenk, thou our Lord ! 



Hence the following verbal form : 



Nihillalek, I am your Lord. 



* See above, p. 141 in note. 



