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These are declined like the third person singular 

 feminine, as ; 



lundsSf It rains. 



OndsskrsOy , It was raining. 



Auiidnti, It rained. 



Aondatinnen^ It had rained. 



Eondsty It will rain. 



AoniUst, It will rain immediately. 



Orast aiondaskoaf It would rain again. 



Tlje second involves in its signification one or some 

 men indeterminately, as, he is rubbed, c^t^, and formed 

 altogether from the personal by preserving its conjugation 

 and tlie paradigma of its tense, as, e^t^ak—he was rubbed, 

 like the paradigma c/*, and a^oSe/i — it hath been rubbed, of, 

 the paradigma s. 



Verbs signifying motion are of two kinds, some take 

 after them one of the particles hot; non, xon, ron, so7i, ^otr. 

 Others add lion or halion to the termination of the infini- 

 tive as, jihiatontion, ajher'ation aras k<san/tation. 



OF THK MOODS AND TKNSES OF VERBS. 



There are six moods ; the indicative, the in)perative, the 

 optative, the subjunctive, the personal, and the infinitive. 



We call the personal or conditional mood that which an- 

 swers to the French termination in Hois, as ; 

 ■^/^^ff 1 should bruise. 



Auti^idilittmn, 1 should have bruised. 



TIk- personal mood is often used to signify negation, as ; 

 AhuitnniuH, Woultl he be bad' for 



Te/iaiennron, He is not bad. 



In like manner, it is often use<| for the future negative ^ 

 ai a/iuon ali rhien, or, ttitic/iini dhmni, for stanatiaondi 



