140 Grammar of the 



chh9ak ; future, e ^atnia' chkten ; negative, chktan^de. 



Atiatvt — to be sentry, of the paradigma ch ; thus : 

 onnenhvt — there is corn formed in the ear / future^ e^annen 

 hvten ; negative, tan'de, has ga in the present. 



In many verbs the actual action is expressed by the prete- 

 rite, and the action as if habitual by the present; as, he is 

 now cooking, ho^annon. Habitually, or, his office is to cook, 

 a^annion. He dines, hotsataion. It is not his dinner 

 hour, or, be is not accustomed to dine at this hour 

 stanthatsa taionk xa^eii'de. 



Note. — The termination of the future negative in ehe, is 

 written by the larger k, and the penult is either long 

 or aspirate, as, stante stonveche — thou wilt not love nie. 

 Stantoersafiiinheche — I shall not be ignoi'ant of that. The 

 termination of the same future in se, is always aspirated, 

 as, stcmte^ese' — I will not go. 



Rules common to all the Verbs. 



From the present indicative ending in a, e, or o, is 

 formed the imperfect by adding k, as, 



Qoi'i^e)-ha — I speak or I act in that manner. Imperfect 



Hoi'i^erhak. 



A^e^ete — I carry, a^e^etek. 



Ijonnhe — I laugh, ifinnhek. 



Haatate — he is there, haatatek. 



Except words which are joined to numerals, as, fendite^hen- 

 ta^e, — two days; te^enta c^ime'^n — it was two days ago; 

 achink i^arihtsa^e^ — there are three things ;athwk i^an/i»a^e7i- 

 nen — there were three things ; ac/iiuk itson, ov,itsonn'en — 

 they are, or, they were all three together. 



Achink iajion — there are three of us, they two and I, &c. 

 'aJ,on, ilion, itson, ndak ihonsen — they are forty — ihons- 

 ennen. Tendi atenemliave — there are two hundred, tett- 



