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This is a form of this class; -a corresponds to a of -a'uf' in this inde- 

 pendent mode; -gwdn^ as in the table; but a- is lacking. — T. M.] 



The subjunctive of the indirect question omits the temporal prefix, 

 and has throughout final -e instead of -i {-wdndne, -gwdhine, etc.). 



[msagwan® somebody slew him 26.15 (the change of the stem 

 vowel e to a as in the participial ndsdtP' he that slew him 26.13) 

 should be noted. — T. M.] 



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It may be well to point out here some of the differences between 

 the participle and the conjunctive verb. In the first place, the par- 

 ticiple lacks the temporal augment d to denote indefinite tense. In 

 the second place, the vowel of the first syllable of the initial, stem 

 undergoes change; this, however, is not alwa3^s maintained if the 

 vowel be i, o, or u. Finally, as observed from the table, the singular 

 of the third person animate intransitive ends in -ta, the plural of the 

 same person and gender ends in -tcigi, and the ending of the plural of 

 the third person inanimate is -migakini instead of -migalci. Some 



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