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Particles. 



Like other languages of this class, much of the force of the ex- 

 pression depends on the use of certain particles, employed as pre- 

 fixes, suffixes or infixes. The following examples will suffice : 



Hua, causative, as, I smell (I observe an odor), ye ezi. 



I smell (I cause an odor), ye huazi. 

 Eagi, expresses desire or wish. 



Cono, to drink ; cono-eagi, 1 want to drink. 

 Caye, has an imperative sense. 



Yere, to cut ; yere-e-caye, to order to cut. 

 Mapay, indicates negation. 



He comes, rayge ; he comes not, ray-mapay-ge. 

 Que, CO, ne, ni are particles of interrogation. 



Terms of Consanguinity. 



A number of these are given, but their distinction is not well 

 explained. 



My father, ye-aque, or hueaque, or aqma. 



My mother, ye-aco, or hucaco, or acoma. 



My son (child), ye-mamaqae, fem. e-mamaco ; or ye-senqiie, fern, ye-zenco. 



My grandfather, ye co-e, or nenco-e. 



My grandmother, ye-coe-o, or nenco-o. 



My uncle, ye-pereqne. 



My aunt, ye-pueco. 



On the use of these the author adds the following note : 



" Lo comun es que los tios a sus sobrinos dicen hijos, y los sobrinos 

 padres los suegros hijos los hermanos tios y cunados de hermanos." 



Verbs. 



Conjugation of the verb oye, to love. 



Present. 

 I love, yc oye. We love, may oniu. 



Tiiou lovest, oye mue. You love, musa oy'ye. 



He loves, an oyni. 



Imperfect. 

 I loved, ye ouha. We loved, may ouahue. 



Thou lovedst, mue oulaie. You loved, musa oyciseaha-e. 



He loved, lieque ouha. They loved, an guati ou huapa. 



Preterit. 

 I have loved, yeohue. We have loved, may oysi queue. 



Thou hast loved, mue oysiqueeo. You have loved, musa oysi queue. 



He has loved, ian oyd queue. They have loved, an guati oysisea-e. 



