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points, tliey do not make one syllable but two, with a 

 vowel or diphthong following, as liot'lai — they have cut j a 

 quadrisyllable, while hotiage is a trisyllable, signifying he 

 is cut. So eskion signifies I will enter ; and esk'ion, a 

 trisyllable, these two will enter, 



Tlie Parts of this Grammar are three. 



The first part contains Nouns, Pronouns, and Adverbs. 

 The second part contains Verbs. The third and last 

 Syntax. 



OF NOUNS. 



Nouns are not declined by cases, and therefore do not 

 suffer any alteration by another noun or verb, unless they 

 enter into composition with them, as 07inenha — wheat ; 

 whether prefixed, or placed after the verb, ,ai^hvas — I 

 have need, it is always the same, and remains in the same 

 mood ; and you may say o7inenha aj,eh^as — I want corn ; or 

 a,iehvas onnenha. To express the plural, « is often added, 

 chie^ajinen ionnenhas, or onnen hvannens — these are large 

 grains of wheat. But in the singular ckie^annen ionnenha 

 — it is a large grain of wheat. So ha^tiannen — he is an 

 old man ; and hati^vatmetis — they are old men. 



OF PRONOUNS. 

 They are not declined, but ai*e put in all numbers and 

 genders without variation ; as, endi, signifying I, we both, 

 we all. Sa, or isa, signify ye, ye both, and ye many. — 

 Ondaie, signifies he, she, that, they, those ; xa, or dexa, 

 or decha — this, that, these, those ; xon'daie — he, the, that j 

 chondaie — it is just that; nde — who, which, what j tsi?inen, or 

 tsaHeniaoity or xaivend ? — who comes here ? ann'enr'onnun 

 — of whom, or, of which are you j you both, or, all of 

 you ? 



