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Present, 
Present Progressive, 
Perfect, 
Perfert Progressive, 
Present, 
Present Progressive, 
Perfect, 
INFINITIVE 
Stige, 
Stigige, 
Stigune, 
Stigiguneé, 
Moop. 
PARTICIPLES. 
Stis, 
Stigigini, 
Stiguni, 
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Being ill. 
Having been ill. 
Having been continually ill. 
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Being ill. 
Being continually ill. 
Having been iil. 
G. CONJUGATION OF AN IRREGULAR VERB. 
Irregular verbs are those which form the plural from a stem changed 
from their true stem by the addition of. various letters or syllables. 
Sometimes the piural form is entirely different from the singular. 
selected the verb kagé, “to walk” as an example. 
I shall only conjugate the active voice, as the 
form changes to istalgé. 
I have 
This in the plural 
passive of all verbs is seldom used amongst the Haidas. 
Tlaou kagung, 
Dahow. 1 
Laou 
Talung istalgung, 
Dalung  “ 
Ltha 
Laou istalwang, 
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Conjugation V. 
INDICATIVE Moop. 
Present Tense. 
T walk. 
Thou walkest. 
He walks. 
We walk. 
Ye walk. 
They walk. 
They watk. 
Present Progressive Tense. 
Tlaou kagungung, lam 
Dahou de Thou art 
Laou 4 He is 
Talung istalzungung, We are 
Dalung % Ye are 
Ltha i They are 
Laou istalgungwang They are 
Tlaou kaguni, 
Dahou 
Laou ‘6 
Talung istalguni, 
Dalung  “ 
Ltha F 
Laou  istalwuni, 
Past Tense. 
I walked. 
———— 
- walking. 
ee we — 
Thou walkedst. 
He walked. 
We walked. 
Ye walked. 
They walked. 
They walked. 
