168 Grammar of the 



the imperative, the personal, and infinitive mood, has s in 

 singular and in the third person dual and plural, and tsin 

 in the dual and plural. But note lo. — That when that s is 

 placed in other tenses, in the future it is inserted after the 

 augment e. 2o. — That g follcving will be changed into k, 

 ■whence it is said skcn-askvas, not s^arascheas. 3o. — That 

 when the third person singular feminine beginning with a 

 vowel, admit no component particles but insert a, it is not 

 said s« or tn, but k is inserted after s, as askvas — she departs 

 for the second time, not s«arask«as nor saraskvas. 4o. — 

 That one or a double consonant following after ts, by 

 adding i, it is said tsi, as, tsitiaraskaa, tsikmraskaa, tsits- 

 araskua, tsiskaarasktia. 5o. — That if i pure and short 

 follow after s, unless the aspirate n be in the middle, it 

 perishes entirely, but i before h requires t, as, tsharuskaa, 

 not shim'askaa, 60. — That when the letters 7irf joined toge- 

 ther have t before them, they perish, but if they have s by 

 Itself, 5 is changed into ts, and they perish, say ndehiar'as 

 stehiaras, of the repetition of the perfect pluperfect, and of 

 verbs of the paradigma s, excepting always the aorist, * is 

 for the first person singular and all the third persons mas- 

 culine, and for others ts, and preserving the rules already 

 delivered, as, that s following 8 takes k, because as the first 

 person of the perfect in composition takes » before se you 

 say skrsafirask'Han, not s^a^araskvan ; hence also is said 

 tsisaraskm7i. The mark ot repetition for the imperative is 

 sa, as, sasaraskna. The mark of repetition for the personal 

 mood is aons, as, aoyisafiraskna, for the aorist it is ons. — 

 Where observe that the final letters s or t of these particles 

 as also of the following for locality, they are pronounced 

 joined with the following syllables, as, aon safiraskita, not 

 aons a/iraskva. The mark of repetition for all impersonal 



