86 ALFRED J. HALL : 



Muhyâ: Strike. 

 PASSIVE. (Gmtimu-d.) CONDITIONAL. {CorUmwd. 



Present Tesses. (Conliivwd.) 



(3.) 

 I may perltaps be struck. 



klin 



Sing. 1. 

 2. 

 3. Muhîd tsû gianums tS ■• 



Plur. 1. 



klis 

 kll 



klinûhw 



2. Muhid tsûh dSiw gianums ta klis 



Past Texsbs. 



(1.) 

 I miylit he struck: 

 Muhid tsû hwisï Im/.- gin 



(2.) 



I should have been strucli. 

 Muhid tsû um lâisdin 

 Muhîd tsû um L'iA-sdis 



Future Tense. 



I shall be sirack. 

 SlNO. 1. La Ifi Aun ") 



2. Lfi Inks >■ muhid tsû lak 



3. Lfi In Ai 3 



INFINITIVE MOOD. 



Kisunûhw nîk kunûhw muhid tsa wa 

 IIV do nol vish to he struck. 



Notes on the Verb Muhyâ. 



(1.) This tense is the Present form, and is siniihir to the imperative mood, but it is generally 

 employed to narrate an action just past. 



He struck me, muhîdl gifiAun. He struck him, muliidlA. 



He struck vs (persons addressed included), muliidi He struck us (per.'ion addre-'!sed nol included), muhid 



giaAunts. gaAunûhw. 



We strike him, muhyAnuhwak. •!'<' struck him, muhïdinûhwilk. 



(2.) The emphatic lorm of the Past tense is also used when a person, having been sent to strike 

 another, returns saying, " I liave struck him." 



Qi.) In varielj- (4) of the Past tense, the 3rd pei-son singular has two forms, muliidiliida-mi and 

 -um. The former is used if the one who struck the blow is unseen ; if seen, the latter is use<l. 



(4.) There are many varieties of form. He told me to strike him and I struck him, «ik A»;; 

 hmhïdïk, la ml sin viulnduk. Lin is sometimes used for " I have '' or " I had." Lin mCitl punalfi lak 

 Victoria, " I have been twice to Victoi'ia." Lin mail unkîla lilk yalis kis mn 1 giâkl Williaw, "I had 

 been two seasons at Alert Bay before William came." 



(5.) Whenever an action expressed by the verli occurred j-esterday or a vei'v long time ago, the 

 letters ntl appear before the pronoun. 



