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dinte y^endiafienuoi ; lo — there is some li(|iior, imperfect ij)k. 

 ^Aronto — there is a tree in the water, imperfect a^rontok. 



^VheIl the present tense? end in i, the imperfect is formed 

 by luUWug innen, as Jeutenri JennentenrhiHcn — I know, I 

 knew ; ^einfm — I am skilled in ; ^einhnimiehi, ondiri — that 

 is strong ; o'ndiri/uie'n' Te/idi — they are two ; tendiiiiieii 

 — tliey were two. Thus certain infinitives, wliich are 

 used to signify the third person passive, as, ^ae'houdi — that 

 is done, or, prepared; ae'hondi, /ic^/iondimiehi. Stan^ote 

 fleren — that is not done thus ; imperfect jaercnn^en out 

 flrihondi — that is a story ; imperfect ^urilwndi chan — it was 

 in vain. 



From the present in ak, ek, enk, ik, onk, the imperfect 

 is formed hy inserting ha' he, hi, hon, before k, as hae'- 

 fionniak — he prepares ; hae'hotimahnk, haHrendaenk — he 

 prays God ; hatrardaenhak, hatsiheniek — he burns the 

 earth ; hatsiheniehak^ ha>iennonh'nindik — lie has hurried. — 

 The paradigma of the third conjugation is s, havennon- 

 htsi/tdehik, hatiuto/ik — lie writes ; hahiutonhonk. The 

 termination of the present in ch or s, is changed for the 

 imperfect into shHit^ as Jiarasknuch — he is going away ; haras- 

 k^tiiikm, /iketas — I carry ; jikeUuskva. From the |)rcsent 

 in t in formed the im[)erfect by adding ak, hat — tlicre is 

 something in it] i»*atak, h(iafo?d — he isa captive; /<««^on/«/(r, 

 haalet — he is in a canoe; huatitnk. 



Fronj tlie imjjerfect ending in A; is formed the future of 

 continuance by changing k into the minor g, ,(^e^'ik — I 

 brnis<Mi ; e^eM'ii — i shall continue to bruise or break. — 

 ( htthiiittjtihoiik — you wrote; mhiotntihoitl — eonie \vrite on ; 

 cchonniohak — 1 arranged ; i\c< honniahai — 1 j-Iiall continue 

 l<) arrange, i. c. to-day ; to-morrow when spoken thus, 

 f,t-^(it — I will break ; it is then itnderf^tood to mean at one 



