30(t GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[op verbs.] 



Sctorntft GTonjusatfon. 



Miltin, to give*. 



This verb has no simple active voice ; we cannot say, I give, thou giv- 

 est, he gives, &c, but the personal forms must be used, I give to thee, 

 him, <tc. It is the same in the passive voice. 



There is an active verb, however, which expresses the idea of giving 

 away, or parting with something, without recurring to the personal forms; 

 thus we say rCmeken, I give away, Wmeken, thou givest away, meken, he 

 gives away, &c. Preterite, mekenep, I have given away. Imperative. 

 meek, give awayf. 



ACTIVE VOICE. 

 PERSONAL FORMS— POSITIVE. 



INFINITIVE MOOD. 



Miltin, to give to some body or make a present of. 



PARTICIPLES. 



Milit, he who gives to me 

 Milat, he who gives to him 



Milquenk, he who gives to us 

 Milqueek, he who gives to you 

 Milquichtit, he who gives to them. 



FIRST TRANSITION. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 

 Present. 



K'milellJ, I give to thee I K'milellohhumo, I give to you 



N'milan, I give to him | N'milawak or n'milanewo, I give to them. 



* Note by the Translator. — The Author gives only this example of the Seventh Conjugation, 

 and does not tell us whether all the verbs belonging to it want the abstract forms active and pas- 

 sive, or whether this defect is peculiar to some of them. 1 have sought in vain for an explanation 

 of this difficulty, which 1 am not qualified to solve. 



t Note by the Translator. — The verbs ending in en do not appear to be classed with any of the 

 eight conjugations. From a comparison of the forms, it would appear that they belong to the 

 first, ending in in. In an unwritten language the vowels are easily mistaken for one another, and 

 it is difficult to preseive a consistent orthography. Thus the Author writes sometimes Getanni- 

 towit, (God), and sometimes Kitannitowtt. Similar inconsistencies will appear in the course of 

 this work, which the judicious reader will easily account for. 



% Note by the Translator. — The Author writes gemilell, ncnulan, &c. ; it is evident that he 

 uses the g, instead of the k, to indicate the inseparable pronoun of the second person. Kor this 



