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GRAMMAR OF THE LANGUAGE 



[OF ADVERBS.] 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 



PRESENT TENSE. 



Singular. 



Nulelensi, I am proud 

 Kulelensi, thou arl proud 

 Wulelensu, he is proud 



Plural. 

 Wulelensihummena, we are proud 

 Kulelensihummo, ye are proud 

 Wulelensowak, they are proud. 



INFINITIVE MOOD. 



Tschitanessin, to be strong 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 



PBESENT TENSE. 



Singular. 

 N'tschitanessi, I am strong 

 K'tschitanessi, thou art strong 

 Tschitanessu, he is strong 



PRETERITE TENSE. 



Singular. 



N'tschitanessihump, I was strong 

 K'tschitanessihump, thou wast strong 

 Tschitanessop, he was strong. 



INFINITIVE MOOD. 



Schaxin,to be avaricious 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 



.. PRESENT TENSE. 



Singular. 

 N'schaxi, I am avaricious 

 K'schaxi, thou art avaricious 

 Schaxu, he is avaricious 



Plural. 

 Schaxihtimmena, we are avaricious 

 Schaxihhumo, ye are avaricious 

 Schaxowak, they are avaricious. 



Ktemaxin, gettemaxin, to be poor, miserable. 



Soopsin, to be bare, naked 

 Soophalan, to make one bare, naked. 







Poochpsin, to be weakly. 



Adverbs qualify the verb as adjectives qualify the substantive. They 

 are the adjective of the verb. Hence adjectives proper are not un fre- 

 quently used in an adverbial sense, as when we say in English he works 

 hard. The same takes place in the Delaware where the same word is 

 sometimes employed in the twofold capacity of an adjective and an 

 adverb. 



In the following examples the adverbs are divided into classes for the 

 facility of the student*. 



* Note by the Translator. — This short heading is not in the text ; but the division into 

 classes has been made by the Author. It will be Been that several words which he includes in his 

 lists are not properly adverbs, according to our notions of grammar; but it has not been thought 

 proper to omit or transpose them, us the Author perhaps had reasons for placing them here, which 

 the Translator will not undertake to judge of. 



