Briuton.] ^^ [Jan. 15, 



vi chaaqui quia, " for his sins," instead of vi chaaqui na, as a trans- 

 lation of " for my sins." So again, animus quia, as a translation of 

 ''our souls." This is analogous to the language of children, who 

 do not clearly distinguish persons, and often refer to themselves in 

 forms of the third person instead of the first. 



The interrogative is he, which also serves as a relative, and with 

 the addition of the adverb of place, la, here, forms the demonstra- 

 tive, hela, this, as hela cna in, "this first one." The demonstrative 

 " that " is usually given by da or nda. 



The indefinite pronoun cha, some, some one, somebody, is fre- 

 quently prefixed, often apparently in a collective or distinctive 

 sense, 2& chanuh, "some man" or men, /. e., people in general; 

 charuhno, "thy neighbor;" chazaquiun, "somebody bad" — the 

 devil; chajhian, " somebody else." 



In all cases the possessive pronouns are suffixed to the nouns. 



The verbal forms appear to vary considerably. A terminal e ox a 

 appears to mark the infinitive, as pane, to chastise ; ngueihna, to 

 kill. The imperative is characterized by the pronoun, as 



Pima Jia cala pJiua na. 

 Say thou as say I. 



The reflexive has the pronoun before and after the verb : 



Ifa juanih na. 



Me bow I. 



(I bow myself.) 



The interrogative form is thus : 



Cale cuihno nuh quialia? 

 Didst know thou man her? 



(Didst thou know her husband?) 



Ca-ciiim-ba-na. 

 I did know him. 



In these sentences ca is the sign of the preterit, as again in the 

 following sentence : 



Ma ca-mea testamento nah u? 

 Did thy father make a will? 



Where the present form of the verb is mea, to make. 



Prepositions. 



The prepositions are properly such, being prefixed to the nouns, 

 and separated from them. 



