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ak^asenxva / (\i\a], atiaJa'sensHa, atitiasenx^a, atitoasenxtia, 

 ahiasenx^a, akiasenxva ; plural, atia^aa'senxva, atikvasenxva, 

 atiskvaseiixva, atho'Nsetixna, aka'asenxna ; imperative, iesa- 

 senxf^a — cry ; tiisa^seuxna ; personal mood, ta^dsenxna, 

 fachiasenxva ; dual, taiajasenxva ; optative, tate^a'senX' 

 aochasen ; in the future, kvasenxai — to cry. Thus kaiaji — 

 to play, kvatrandi, Sjc. When the particle te meets with 

 reduplication it is inflected, teskasaixvach — I cry; tesa'sen- 

 XMOchy te s/ui'senxaac/i, by prefixing' te to the verb conju- 

 gated with the mark of reduplication. Aorist, tonsa a'senxna 

 — I am going to cry ; the personal mood, ta'ojisa^ a'senxaa. 

 When the particle te meets with the particle with locality 

 it is thus said, te ^a'seuxvacha — he will cry ; aorist, tonta- 

 ha'senxaac/ie — he is on the road coming here to cry. When 

 the particle te, negative, precedes the particle te, dual, 

 nay another which is also te^ whether dual or affirmative, 

 either of locality or distance of time, it is changed into ta^ 

 as, slaulale/iasenXbash — I do not cry ; stantsaHentatendi — 

 he is with no one ; firo te Qa-ieti — he is returned on this 

 side ; stmi^aro ta te Quae'ti — he did not return on this side ; 

 teUotojthareii'-ronk — he is sick ; slaiitatehotonltarcn'ronk — 

 he is not sick ; a^endi^un^rato^endi stihochialorha — I know 

 how much pain he feels ; a^endi/mr^ato^endi. State/ioton- 

 /lareiir'onk — I know kow sick he is. In this last example 

 sti is changed into sta because it follows the affirmative te. 

 The iufjiiitive of verbs admitting te dual or affirmative 

 begins in the fust and third conjugation by, A», as, kaa- 

 Irandi — to meet some one ; present trac/t, futtu'c tra/uiy 

 negative trac/tc. Knenten — to go and come in a day, in 

 the secoiul and fourth conjugation by k, as, kaia^i — to 

 play ; kenteia^i — to pass a carriage. In llie fifth by, /», as, 

 tionnlvmtawn**an — to torment. TY* affirmative with verbs 



