158 Grammar of the 



achihon, ahenhaon, a^enhaon. Dual, aandihon, etihon, 

 estihon, a'ndihon, andihon. Plural, aaxenhaon, ekrsenhaon, 

 esk'aenahon, ahendihon, a^endihmi, aa^enhaon — we say. — 

 Future, eJho7i, echihon, ehenhaon, etenhaon. Dual, enn' 

 dihon, etihon, estihon, en'dihon, endihon. Plural, ea^aenhaoii, 

 eksenhaoii, eskvenhaoyi, ehendihon, c^endihon. Imperative, 

 tsihon — say thou, stihon — say ye. 



The present of the personal mood, ajhon — 1 Avould say, 

 achihon, ^ahenhaon, denhaoji. Dual, aiandihon, aetihon, 

 aestihon, an' dihon, andihon. Plural, aia^nenhaon, aeknen" 

 haon, aeshnenhaon, ahendihon^ ahendihon. Perfect, aon^enk 

 — I should have said, aesenk, ahavenk, aiavenk. Dual, 

 aionnenk, aestenk, ahonne7\k, aionnenk. Plural, aionvenk, 

 aeskxsenk, fyc. Pluperfect, aon^oifien — I might have said. 

 The optative wants the present in the place of which we 

 say, te^ato7ikdsen — that I may say ; techiatonkdsen. Perfect, 

 tesa^e?isen^ — that 1 may not say ; tesensen — what hast thou 

 not said? Tehavensen, 8)C. Pluperfect, tem^ennensen, 

 tesemiensen, tehaaannensen — I wish to God that I had 

 said it ? 



In the fifth conjugation, on — to be together, is said of 

 many. When on is alone we make use of the verb a^onhna 

 of the paradigma s — I am alone, or it is I alone. Sonhna, 

 haonhaa, aonhva. Dual, onnonhva — we two only ; stonhva, 

 honnonhna, annonhva. Plural, onjonhaa, tsmhtia^ honnhva, 

 anronh\ia — we three alone, or it is only we three. When 

 the speech is of two, it is thus said, teandi — we are two. — 

 Teti, testi, teandi, tendi, from the singular ?, signifying 

 me in Iroquois. But it is said, aj»ej, — I and he are together. 

 TiveJ, tsiveiy hivei, ,ivei. Imperfect, teandinnen, tetinnen. 

 Future, teandik, tetik, testik, tcndik, Sfc. The personal 

 mood, taiandik^^we should be together, he and I. Taetik, 



