1885.] -^^5 [Stoll. 



himself, that this verb does not form any inherent part of the 

 Cakchiquel, but has been artificially built up by the priests by 

 various particles and circumlocutions. 

 p. 40. Indicative Mood of the verb ^oh. 

 Negative preterit imperfect. Flores (p. 82) : 

 Tan in viani ^oh 

 vel mani in ta ^oh, etc. 

 p. Jf.1. Flores gives a Preterit perfect. 



utzta xi^ohe tah, yo haya estado 

 utzta xat^olie taJt^ tu hayas estado. 

 Gerunds. In following up his system, Flores (p. 9T) adds what 

 he singularly calls an Accusative Gej-und, formed with the verb 



be to go. 



quibe ^ohe, voy a estar. 

 catbe ^ohe, vas a estar, etc, 

 and an Ablative Gerund. 



tan ok in ^oh^ estando yo. 

 tan ok at ^oh, estando tu. 

 He adds a participle of the present (p. 98) : ^ohl, el que esta. 

 Flujyerfect. 



Were we to adopt for a moment the views of the old gram- 

 marians about the Indian verb and to form a pluperfect, it would, 

 with the root ban to make, for instance, run thus : 

 nu banun chic, I had made. 



(verbally : my making already.) 

 a banun chic, Thou hadst made, etc. 

 Flores forms it with the verb lo^on, to love. 



nu lo^ om chic, I had loved. 

 The same form nu lo^ om chic he gives for the Future perfect, 

 I shall have loved, which shows that no such thing as a Future 

 perfect does exist in Cakchiquel. 



y7i lo^ oninak (correctly formed from the intransitive 

 verb lo^ on), I was he who loved. 

 p. 43. tivulicah read tivuligah I cause to come. 



tivutziricah read tivutzii^igah. 

 p. 51. xo^ ohauh read xokahau. 

 p. 55. oh ahtih, etc. read oh ahtiha, etc. 

 p. 58. Verbals in om. When combined with the possessive 

 pronouns they serve as preterit perfect ; nu banom I have done. 



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