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THE VERB. 



The negative goes through every mood and tense of every verb. 

 It is expressed by ngilak, as ermingilaJc, he does not wash himself. 



The third person singular indicative is the root from whence all 

 the other persons a reformed, by affixing the pronoun, as Ermih- 

 poJc, he washes ; ErmiJcpotit, you wash. 



There are three tenses, present, preterite, and future. The pre- 

 sent is indicated by &p ; the perfect by a t or s ; and the future, in 

 two forms, sav and goma ; as — 



Ermikpok, he washes. 



Ermiksok, he has washed. 



Ermisavok, he will wash. 



Ermigomarpok, he will wash sometime hence. 



The moods are six in number. The indicative in hpok; the 

 interrogative in Jcpa ; the imperative in two forms, one persuasive 

 in na, the other more imperative in git ; the permissive also in two 

 forms, one exacting, the other requesting, in gle and naunga ; the 

 causal in Jcame ; the conditional in hune ; and the infinitive in three 

 forms. As : — 



Indicative. 



Interrogative. 

 Imperative. 



Permissive. 



Causal. 



Conditional. 



Infinitive. 



Ermikpok, 

 Ermikpa, 



1. Ermina, 



2. Ermigit, 



1. Ermigle, 



2. Ermiuaunga, 

 Ermikame, 

 Ermikune, 

 Eriniklune, 



he washes. 



does he wash ? 



please to wash. 



wash. 



let me wash. 



because lie has washed, 

 if he washes, 

 to wash. 



Takuvd, 



Takuvauk, 



Takuliuk, 



Takungmago, 



Takugpago, 



Takuvdlugo, 



Takugd, 



he sees or saw him. 



did he see him ? 



may he see him ? 



because he saw him. 



when he saw him. 



seeing. 



that he saw him. 



The verb pyoh, to do or get, is used in many cases in conjunc- 

 tion with the infinitive of other verbs. 



The present indicative of the active verb is thus conjugated : — 



