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eluyaun, <o go giving ; elumen, to go io give ^ 

 elumon, to have occasion to give; elupan, to 

 come to give ; elupeti^ to doubt to give ; elupran, 

 to give to no purpose ; elupun, to pass in giving ; 

 elurquen, to appear to give ; eluremun, to give 

 unexpectedly ; elulun, to turn to give ; eluvaJen, 

 io be able to give; elumepran, to go to ^iyt in 

 vain^, &c. 



Two, three, or more of these particles, when 

 combined, form verbs of such a length as to 

 comprehend an entire sentence, as iduanclolaxiriy 

 I do not wish to eat with him ; pemepravin, I 

 went to see him in vain. The first is composed 

 of five distinct words, in, to eat ; duan, wish ; 

 do, with; la, not; vi, him or it, and is conju- 

 gated through all its parts like elun, as iduaii' 

 clolaximi, iduamclolavi, Sgc. This kind of ele- 

 gant compound is very common in the Chilian. 



Verbs are also formed by a happy combination 

 of others, as from at/en, to laugh, and thipan, to 

 go out, is derived ayethipan,io go out laughing; 

 quindugun, to know how to talk ; pepimedaiiy to 

 be able tp present, &c. Verbs neuter become 

 active, and active relative by the use of the par- 

 ticles cci, ica, le, lei, ma, and u, as in the follow- 

 ing instance ; athum, to fatigue one's self; athu- 

 can, to fatigue ; gen, to be ; gein, to give being 

 to ; jeguenman, to venerate him. From hence it 

 will readily be inferred, that the poetical and rhe- 

 t4)rical expressions of this language are forcible 



