Stoll.] 264- f Feb. C, 



want a temporal sentence : I was good when thou earnest. In 

 utz, tok xatul, etc." He adds (p. 62), '' With less than a tempo- 

 ral sentence the said preterit cannot be expressed, because form- 

 ing it with naek as some Artes MSS. do, is but imperfection, as 

 is shown by the formation of the said particle, the meaning of 

 which is : though, but. Notwithstanding everybody may con- 

 form himself with the style of his place." 



Perfect jjreterit. Flores forms it withw^; in ^inom xin ux 

 I have been rich, etc., but he gives also : in oher ahau I have 

 been chief. 



Pluper'fect. Flores gives : 



xax in vi ^atol^ih I had been judge. 

 xax at vi £atol^ih Thou hadst been judge, etc. 

 and : in ok utz I had been good. 



at ok utz Thou hadst been good. 



p. 37. chuhach read chuvach. 

 Optative Mood. Imperfect preterit. Flores (p. 12) gives: 



In tah naonel quinux I would be heard or understood. 



Preterit perfect. Flores (p. 73) : 



in tah utz uxinak I would have been good (Yo haya 

 sido bueno). 

 Preterit pluperfect. Flores (p. 74): 



xatavi in utz, etc. yo huviera, havria 6 huviesse sido 

 bueno. 

 Infinitive Hood. 



Besides the present and imperfect tense : in tah utz tivaho I 

 want to be good, Flores (p. 78) gives the preterit j^erfect and 

 the p)lupjerfect as follows : 



Bing. In ta meba xinux can tivaho. 

 yo quisiera haver sido pobre. 

 At ta meba xatux can tavaho. 

 Tu quisieras haver sido pobre. 

 Ileba tah xux can tivaho, 

 Plur. oh ta mebay xohux can tikaho. 

 yx ta mebay xixux can tivaho. 

 he ta mebay xeux can ticoho. 



From all the named differences between the old authors in 

 their elaboration of the Cakchiquel paradigm for the verb sum, 

 fui, esse, through all its moods and tenses, the reader will satisfy 



