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Of all these, and of the active verbs, passivei 

 are formed, hy adding the verb substantive, gen ; 

 ill which case, in all the tenses, the variation or 

 declension changes the verb substantive, the ad- 

 jctive verb remaining invariable. 



EXAMPLE. 



Elugen, I have given, 



Elugelun, I was given, 



Elugeli, I can be given, 



Elungeuyeeli, 1 may have been given, 



Elungeali, &c I shall have been given. 



Another accident, which the verbs in this las- 

 guage suffer, is that of transition : whereby they 

 signify as well the person that acts, as him on 

 whom the action passes, by the interposition or 

 addition of certain determinate particles to ex- 

 press it. This is common to them with those of 

 Peru ; but the latter use those which are more 

 difficult, and in a greater number. I do not 

 think that the languages of the nations of the 

 Puelches, of the Chaco, or the Guaranies, have 

 this particular property. I do not believe I can 

 recollect them all ; but I shall endeavour to give 

 the best account I can of these transitions. 



The transitions are six in number ; 



From me to thee or you. 

 From you to me. 

 From him to me. 

 From him to you, 

 l^xom me or you to him, 

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