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TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



[Vol. I. 



Imperative. 



Sine 



in-ten 

 u-ten 



Plur. 



oeh-ten 

 oehu-ten 



Plural : oetsu-ten 



Dual : 6-ten 



As illustrative of the formation of the secondary tenses, I shall give the 

 following, with their Latin equivalents : 



oesten inle Latin 



isten inle 

 usten inle 

 usten sill 



agebam 

 egeram 

 egissem 



agam (definite), etc. 



Of the primary tenses it may be said that the two futures are the most 

 immutable in their pronominal elements, whilst the desinential root of 

 -the proximate future is of a rather changeable character. As for the 

 "preterite, instead of being invariably affected by a vocalic mutation of its 

 personal crement, as is the case with the above example, it undergoes 

 •quite frequently consonantal variations, either in its radical or in its pro- 

 nominal part, the is, ami, etc., of which are often changed into sees, sin, etc. 



Now for the sixteen persons of the verbs of locomotion and of the 

 verbs of station : 



Present Tense. 



Definite^Sing. 



Indef Sing-. 



Plural 



noeshya, I walk 

 ninya, thou walkest 

 niya, he walks 



soesta, I am sitting 

 sinta, thou art, etc. 

 sta 



noetsiya, one walks 



nihya 



noeheya 



See below 



noetsoetif, we walk 

 noehtif, you walk 

 noehoetif, they walk 



tsoezta 



soehta 



hoezta 



oeztiftsi 



toeftsi 



hoetiftsi 



See below 



Dual 



noes'as, I walk (with one person) sceskre 

 nin'as, thou walkest (do) sinkre 



noe'as, he walks (do) oeskre 



noetsoe'as 

 nitas 



See below 



tsoezkre 

 ikr6 



See below 



noeh'as, you walk (two together) soehkre 

 noehoe'as, they walk " hazkre 



