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8. The following paradigm shows some of the variations of an intransitive verb : 



INDKFIMTK InKM. 



ki//-/itr, \ sleep 

 kwtt-iity, thou steepest 



i/f , he sleeps 

 kae-iiti^, we sleep 

 pu-ify, ye sleep 



iitf, (iiity) they sleep 



u-kin-iitf, I slept 

 u-kwu-iit<;, thou didst sleep 

 u-iitf, he slept, &c. 



DEFINITE FORM. 

 ENT. 



k/-(/ts/ifrii;, I am sleeping 

 ku-atsiit^i^, thou art sleeping 



att&tfif, he is sleeping 

 kae-atsiit$ig, we are sleeping 

 ir, ye are sleeping 

 if, they are sleeping 



rRETERlTE. 



iitgif, I was sleeping 

 u-kie-atsiitfig, thou wast sleeping 

 t'ftfz'f' he was sleeping, &c. 



cin-iitf, I have slept 

 mkiniitr, I shall sleep 

 namkiniit$, I will sleep 



tylam-ki-atsifyig, I have been sleeping 



FIRST niTURE. 



mJciatsiitgig, 1 shall be sleeping 



SECOND FUTURE. 



namkiatsiitgig, I will be sleeping 



iityi$, I want to sleep 

 kxiitric, thou wishest to sleep 

 ulaiit^ig, he wants to sleep 

 kavksiitrig, we would sleep 

 ]>iiksiiti;ic, ye would sleep 

 if, they would sleep 



ig, I am wanting to sleep 

 kwets feu siit fig, thou art wanting to sleep 

 etskusiitfig, he is wanting to sleep 

 kaetskusiitfif, we are wanting to sleep 

 puetskvsiityig, ye are wanting to sleep 

 if, they are wanting to sleep 



OPTATIVE PAST. 



I did want to sleep, &c. 



DICZNTIAL. 



kisaitsiit$i, I ought to sleep 



, thou oughtest, &c. &c. 



There is still another form in stidtts, signifying, to go away to do any thing ; as, 



kisaausiitfif, I am going away to sleep 

 kwvsuausityig, thou art going away, &c. 

 ukisffaus-iit$i$, I went away, &c. 

 f, I will go, &c. 



