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(6.) If you wish actually to t-ay the woi'd "yesterday," add I ho word tlinsirfiil. 



ÇJ.) To this tense of the Imjierative there can be no second form to tlio 1st person [ilural. 1 have 

 already staled that the termination unts or ints shows that the person addi-osscd is included, and that 

 the termination iniihw ov miiiliw that he is not. I shall not in future give both forms, and onl>- occa- 

 sionally tiie 2nd or 3i'd persons pjlural. The singular form is nearly always employed in conversation. 

 Let me hei-e state that there are sevei-al terminations of the 3rd person singular, e.g., um and »u ; wm 

 shows that the doer of the action is visible, mi that he is far off and not in sight; so also I and «k-, the 

 latter is used when the actor is present. So also the 3rd pci'son plural dCtkw if the subject is visible, 

 dâkî^ï if he is not. 



(8.) Examples of the Subjunctive mood : — 



Dâhidâkw kun muhïdïkw, liold him that I may strike him. 

 Kun kisi muhldukw, that I may not strike him. 

 Kun ÎSÎ muhldukw, how can I help striking him 

 UA'îdfikw kfis Ifi usas \\k, âklin muhidalâA-ukw, takt him 



away or I unit strike Mm. 

 Nikî kxm umpfi kgin liyisfi masi gia hunglumk des, he 



told my father that Host his gun. 

 Nikî kun umpa kgin mnhïdî giâk, lie told my father that 



I struck him. 

 Nikî knn uvapâks su ma \k muhîduk, lie told my father that 



you struck him. 



Nikl kun uuipiik gints nuihidi gifik, he tuld 7ny father that 



we struck him. 

 KunklCi muhida lâiûkl, if I strike you. 

 Kâsû muliîda Mik giâAum'diw, if you strike us. 

 Kfi mulnda L'ltst giatun, if he had struck me. 

 Kû muhida lâÂ'sdûkl, if he had struck you. 

 Gil um ]t\ks dis muhîd giâ^un, if you had struck me. 

 " di " gififcunts, if he had struck us. 



Gilhida mun muhïdûkl, rohen Iliad struck you. 

 Gilhida um (or mi) muhid giâJunùhw, when he had 



struck U.S. 



(9.) The following are examples of the Conditional mood :- 



Lâ/.'-zum IfiA'un, / may be put on board. 

 LaA'-zum la^sdiu, 1 might hare been put on board. 

 Muhida um Uks diu kl«k, kâsû kls la/.st bulfi giSAun, / 



might have struck him if you had not forbidden me. 

 Muhida gianum lâkÇ\ wisin klak kunklfi hi ]âk luA'a, / 



might not perhaps strike him if I go there. 



Kis IfiAsdin dû/iw;iklilâki, kiisû es lâAsd weAul ginAuii, I 

 might not haec seen her if you had not commandid me {to 

 go to her understood). 



DùAwâklilfi gianum lâA\i wisiki, kû lA lïik lâk, he may not 

 perhaps see her if he goes there. 



(10.) Sometimes lin is equivalent to " I have been." Lin nânumâk unkila tldhwila sin kunum, " I 

 have been loved by my wife nine seasons." 



(11.) AVhen a boy, who knows he has done wrong, is told that he will be punished, he replies, 

 kun ÎSÎ xvls hisâ sa, " I cannot escape being beaten," or "I ought to be beaten." 



CJoujiigation II. 



The A^erbs belonging to this conjvigation do not difler from the prcvions verb in th(> 

 Ae'tiA^e voice, but are quite difl'ereut in the Passive. The following is a list of some of 

 them : — 



in j ' 



Active. 



Dukwilin 



DuAwSkliliii 

 Wûklilin, I hear 

 Pihwilin, I feel 

 Kauklilin, I know 

 Ehwilin, I desire 

 Klisilin, I hate 

 Mulkwilin, I remember 



Passive. 



Dûkwitlin | 



Dukwiiglitlin ^ 1 am seen 



Wûglitlin, lam heard 

 Pïûtlin, lam felt 

 Kauglitlin, lam known 

 Ayutlin, lam desired 

 Klizitlin, I am hated 

 Mulgwitlin, I am remembered 



It will be observed that most of these are verbs of perception. The verb " to love " 



