120 Grammar of the 



te haon de — lie will not arrive for certain ; or tatichien 

 tahaon honi. 



There are nine tenses — the present, the imperfect, the 

 perfect, the future affirniative, the future negative, the 

 future of continuation, and the first and second aorist. 



There are four primitive tenses from which the others 

 are formed, namely — the pi'esent infirmitive, the present 

 indicative, the future affirmative, and the future negative. 

 From the present infinitive are formed, the present indic- 

 ative and perfect, whose final is the same as the infinitive. 

 From the present indicative is formed the imperfect, by 

 the addition of some final increment. From the imperfect 

 is formed the future of continuation j as e^e^e ^ai — I will 

 continue to pound, from the imperfect e^ede fjak ; k passing 

 into the diminutive g. Also, e^arasktiaskva — I will con- 

 tinue to walk, from arasknaskua, skva passing into ska. 



Moreover, the present indicative, the imperfect, the 

 future of continuation, and the second aorist, are allied 

 tenses, both because the latter are derived from the former, 

 and because they are of the same paradigma. From the 

 perfect are formed the pluperfect. They are also allied 

 tenses for the rep,sons just explained. 



The pluperfect, for the most part, takes nnen after the 

 final of the perfect. 



The future is mixed with the preterite, and the preterite 

 conditional adds only k. Thus, from 

 A^eQeti, I have rubbed — are formed 



A^t^etinnen eaa.eQetik, I shall have rubbed. 



Aon^e^etik, I might have rubbed. 



From whose second person, having taken away the aug- 

 ment, is made the imperative, mixed with the preterite 

 sa^etik. 



