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Chapt. III. Of the Verbs. 



An exact studj^ of the Maj'a and Cakcliiquel verb would lead 

 us too far at present, and so I am obliged to follow this difficult, 

 but interesting matter according to the sj^stem adopted by the 

 old grammarians. 



Sum, es,fui. 



Flores (p. 68) is of opinion that the verb ^(x in some instances 

 means to become, Jio being a kind of passive of the active verb 

 ban, to make, but that there are other instances where it sup- 

 plants the true verb sum, fui, esse, f. i. in nak tux, who is it? 



Flores gives the conjugation of the verb ux as follows : 



Preterit 'perfect. 



in ^inom xinux I have been rich. 



at ^inom xat ux Thou hast been rich. 



^inom x/vx 

 oh ^inoma xoh iix etc. 



yx ^inoma xix ux 

 he ^inoma xe ux 



Future imperfect. 



In ahtih xquinux I shall be a teacher. 



at ahtih xcat ux Thou shalt be a teacher, 



ahtih xtux etc. 



oh ahtiha xkoh ux we shall be teachers. * 

 yx ahtiha xquix ux 

 xque ux 



It is easy to see that the root ux is conjugated according to 

 the rules of the passive verbs, and its present, which no gramma- 

 rian gives fully, would be quin-ux, cat ux, tux, koh ux, quix ux, 

 que ux. We may even venture to see in the suffix x the true 

 sign of a passive verb " to become," and to consider ux as the 

 passive of a hypothetical active verb uh, to generate, and to 

 translate the above given examples accordingly : I have got rich, 

 I shall become a teacher. 



p. 34. Imperfect p)reterit. 



yn naek utz, I was good. Flores says: "In this idiom there 

 is no special word for the said preterit and for forming it, we 



