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into onni aniii, and ori into oratmi, and for the future 

 affirmative into eonnicn and eoien. Add to these ^aeren— 

 to make ; rchitive, .fle/-o«t/» / future, c^?trew. Atonnhien 

 — to deny; atonnldandi ; future, e^atonnhien, atro.en — to 

 make love; atro^imdi, efilrofis. Ataien — to smoke; 

 ^ataianni, eataias. ^Anda^en— to sow ; findafimU, future, 

 enda^as. But ^aron^en — to listen, has ar'on.asennik, future 

 e,aron^as. 



WMbs in cut, add for the infinitive audi, and for the 

 future has, in place of the last letter t, as, ^uliaehent — to 

 hold a council; filtachcntamU, e^ehhachenhas. Atrendaent 

 to pray God ; atrendaent audi, future efitrendaeiihas. Atient 

 — to sit down ; atientandi, future, e,atienhas. Add to these 

 fign — to put, and its compounds ^aeutaiidi, future eJenhaSy 

 ^arihientandi—io relate it to some one ; future e^rildenhas, 

 endifitirUien — to deliberate ; cndi/mr'-aentandi, future, 

 e^endi^onraenhas. 



Other verbs in s become relative by adding for the infin- 

 itive audi, and for the future has, as, utciachivt — to be in 

 trouble, ateiavhibtandi, future ejutciac hint has, or rather 

 e,aliiajiiy,(ju.s. Andaitdet — to reply, to redouble ; /m'dan- 

 ile'landi, future e,endande^'is. Atsat — to show ; utsatandiy 

 e^atsa^ds. Aa'kont — to hang to something ; ,aa' Aon t audi y 

 eja'kon^as. 



The remaining verbs, from being absolute and i)rimitive, 

 become rchitive by adding cntii to ihe termination of the 

 present, and rejecting that enni for the future, as, atrios — 

 she is fighting ; atrosenni, future, e^atrios — I will fight her ; 

 ^ua^em — she goes out; ^uajensenni^ future cut^ens. — 

 O'kcr^ons — she draws for herself; o^kvr^onscnni, cu^ker'ons. 

 In the same manner these become relative, /itsihtnick — 

 the burns ; ^atiihenicsetmik, future cetsiheniens, negative 



