Huron Language, 169 



verbs, as, isas^ astsonrashirk — they go for the second time. 



The mark of locality for the indicative, subjunctive and 

 optative of the paradimga ch, except the aorist, (et) for 

 the singular and the third persons dual and plural and for 

 others, (eti) by preserving those which we have spoken of 

 above of the particles s, unless t before, g does not require 

 Ar, but perishes altogether. Hence it is said, eharaskHas^ 

 not etkaraskvas. Moreover (etj or (eti) is always set 

 before, even in the future. The mark of locality for the 

 preterite and verbs of the paradigma s, except the aorist 

 is, et, for the first person singular, and for all the third 

 persons masculine, but for the others eti. But in the first 

 person it is said, ekna^araskvan — I am gone from there, for 

 eta^arask^an, or rather ekva^araskvan. 



The mark of locality for the imperative is, o, as, asaras 

 kna — go from thence to come here. The mark of locality 

 for the aorist is ont, for the personal mood it is aont^ for 

 impersonals it is etc. When reduplication and locality 

 meet at once s is always and every where the mark of 

 reduplication and prefixed to the mark of locality, et, eti, 

 out, aont, except one imperative, where it is only sa. See 

 the examples among the conjugations. 



Of the different tenses of a relative verb signifying 

 reduplication and locality. 



Note lo. — In the present, imperfect, perfect, jjlupor- 

 fect, future negative and the personal negative niomJ, 

 nothing is changed in affixing the initials, but the finals 

 only are changed for the diversity of tenses, thus, you say, 

 ,oncndi^(i — I beseech you ; /Jiieiuli^uk, nncntli^i, /niiicndi- 

 te'iDirn, staiite, ^onemlitau'Jc, te/mc/ulitandnin, whrre the 

 Initial tm is never changed but only the final as the diversity 

 of tenses rcrjuircs. 



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