}26 Grammar of the 



Adiinhy rventn^ek, Three days hence. 



Achink efiata^e, Three moons. 



Ndak ififinnlia^e, Four summers. 



iiickihato)miene. They are five in a canoe. 



Jseii ihatiata^e, They are ten. 



It must be remarked that some verbs of this termination 



have no perfect and pluperfect ; but they take their perfect 



by putting the initial of the preterite. 



Verbs ending in i, compounded of i signifying plenty 

 have the following tenses — the present in i, the imperfect 

 in'nen, the future ik, the negative eche or chinidi j as, 

 Annonchiy Your hut is full. 



Those ending in ai as ^acldai and its compounds have the 

 present in each ; as, 



Tehiaich, I finish, I consume. 



^Echia'/c«a, echien,te^echia- To make a hut. 



tae : also annoii chichai, 

 And — ^Jte iendichiai. To do properly. 



Those ending a'ndi, e'udi, i'ndi, o'ndi, with the long 

 penult; form all their tenses almost in the same manner — 

 namely, the present, in as, es, is,osh^a — as 

 Amihandi, To command. 



Atenrandi, To divide. 



Katandi, To be standing. 



,Aesandi, To be poor. 



Chiurandi, To recollect. 



The future in aha, the negative ache. 



Ateiitandi — to sleep, has the future in ta, the negative 

 tamchcov stante hotaudi of the paradigma s, scnta — sleep. 

 — Thus : 



Aa.endi, To go out. 



Andia^citdi, To escape. 



