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iciple as to Ihe inûnilive of olher languages and has a multifarious 

 application. 



The verb «it is» of olher languages is rendered by affixes: — 

 uvoq is — , and -rd has il for — , f. i. nâlagauvoq he is a chief, 

 nâlagarâ he has him for his chief, il is his ch. 



Finally the arrangement of words is of greal importance, while 

 ai the same the a- and e-suflxes and forms admit of several sen- 

 tences beinj; combined in a very compendious form and crossing 

 each other without losing the necessary distinctness. Kleinschmidt 

 in his grammar gives Ihe following examples of what a careful use 

 of these means in a few words is able lo express. Certainly they 

 are so complicated, thai in daily speech they could hardly ever occur, 

 but still they are correct and can be understood by intelligent people. 

 The examples show about the same words in two combinations. 



(1) suêrâkame autdldsassoq tusaraminlc tuningingmago iluaringilât 

 they did not approve, that he (a) had omitted lo give him (b) some- 

 thing, as he (a) heard, that he (b) was going lo depart on account 

 of being destitute of everything. 



This is composed of 4 sentences: 



suêrukame autdlasavoq wlien he was destitule of everything he 

 would depart. 



autddsassoq tusarpd him who would depart he had heard of. 



tusaramiuk tuningild as he had heard of him , he did not give 

 him anything. 



tnmngingmago iluaringilât as he gave him nothing they disapproved 

 of him. 



(2) ivna autdlarloq suéråkame autdldsassoq ningavata tusaramiuk, 

 unigtilcumavdlugo ajorssautainik tuningingmago imnaqataisa iluaringilât — 

 literally : him yonder — who has departed — - as he was destitute of 

 everything — who was going lo depart — his brother in law — 

 as he heard of him — intending to cause him lo remain — with 

 his necessaries — as he did not present him — his countrymen 

 disapproved of him — viz: as the brother in law of him yonder who 

 departed on account of want, had heard that he intended to remove 

 and (nevertheless) did not assist him with anything that he wanted, 

 in order lo make him remain , his countrymen disapproved of his 

 conduct. 



