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The independent particles may be divided into: (1) those for 

 time, f. i. ipagssaq yesterday, (2) having the character of adverbs or 

 conjunctions, f. i. agsut very, (3) mostly resembling interjections, f. i. 

 sunauvfa only think ! dp yes. 



As for the rest, and especially with regard to the other dialects, 

 the words of this class will more appropriately be treated of in the 

 glossary. 



Syntax. 



Trying to discern the differences which may prevail between the 

 dialects concerning the syntax, at present of course is a matter out 

 of question. But also in this section of the grammar the peculiar 

 organisation of the language is so strikingly manifested, that we can 

 not wholly omit mentioning it here, by a few remarks taken from 

 the Greenlandish grammar. 



A verb certainly by aid of the suffixes makes a sentence by 

 itself, but even if the subject and the object are expressed by part- 

 icular nouns the verb nevertheless must indicate both by suffixes, 

 f. i. takuvd he saw it, inup igdlo takuvd the man fs) the house 

 he saw it, i. e. the man saw the house. 



The use of the e- suffix and the e-form in general is already 

 mentioned. When the verbal participle is subordinate to a main verb, 

 the sentence generally refers to three different personalities: (1) the 

 subject of the main verb , (2) its object which at the same time is 

 the subject of the participle, (3) the object of the participle. If now 

 two of these are identical, it depends on the sense, how the e-suffix 

 and the e-form of the verb have to be applited. Examples are: 

 oqautigingild pigingne he did not say that he (himself) possessed it, 

 whereas pigigd would indicate: that he (another) possessed it. 

 kivfane oqautigd sorderukdne literally: his (own) servant, him he men- 

 tioned, him who abandoned him, i. e. he said that his servant had 

 abandoned him, whereas sorderukine would signify: that he had aban- 

 doned his servant. 



The conjunctive corresponds to sentences with when, as, 

 because, the subjunctive to them with: if, when, supposed*. The 

 a- form is used when the connected sentences have a different, the 

 e-form when they have the same subject. The composed e-suffixes 

 of both moods are used almost in the same way as those of the 

 participle. The infinitive corresponds almost as much to the part- 



