116 Grammar of the 



The second part of this Graininar contains Verhs, whether 

 simple or relative. There are five conjugations of simple 

 verbs, which are distinguished by the initial syllable of the 

 infinitive. 



The first is in a — as ak^tati — to carry. 



The second in^a — as fi^eti — to pound, to grind. 



The third in e — as ehiarandi — to remember. 



The fourth in ge — as geiieon — to die. 



The fifth in o — as oriti — to season. 



The Hurons want the infinitive, but we take the perfect 

 for the infinitive. 



Verbs are of two kinds, as among the Latins, the personal 

 and impersonal. 



There is a double paradigma, or method of declining a 

 whole verb, or at least some of its tenses. The one 13 called 

 the paradigma c/«', when the second person singular begins 

 by ch. The other is called the paradigma *, when the 

 same person begins with s. 



There are three numbers as among the Greeks. 



The personal verb is manifold, namely, the active, the 

 relative, the passive, the neuter reciprocal, the common, 

 the deponent; add the relative passive, the neuter acqui- 

 sitive, and verbs signifying motion. 



The simple and active verb is that which signifies action 

 without respect to any person, as jcthiaton — to write. 



The relative is that which regards any person, as jachicu- 

 daen — to cultivate any one's acquaintance ; and is twofold, 

 namely, the one from its nature regarding any person, as 

 achiendaen ; the other, which from being absolute becomes 

 relative by the addition of a final increment, as /iQcGandi — 

 to grind for any person, from (Mi — to grind. It is also 

 relative when derived from another relative, as ^aatia^indi 



