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raHs he breaks with mouth 

 da' sis I break with the 



mouth 

 sa'rasis thou breakest 



with the mouth 



ru'gas he tears by pulling 

 dxi'gas I tear by pulling 

 su'riigas thou tearest by 

 pulling 



re he goes 

 del go 

 sere thou sfoest 



da'sizwi we break with the mouth 



hi'nasis you and I break with the 

 mouth 



diiga'zwi we tear by pulling 

 hi'nugas you and I tear b}^ pulling 



da'ioi we go 

 hi'ne you and 1 go 



Verbs belonging to the second division of this class are rather rare. 

 haja' he sees 



haca' I see 

 hasca' thou seest 



fenA'^ he is dead 

 SeriA^ I am dead 

 sfe'nA^ thou art dead 



gu'uA^ he comes 

 ¥u'nA'^ I come 

 kgu'nA^ thou comest 



haca'wi we see 

 hi^ja you and I see 



c'a'winA'^ we are dead 

 hiH''e'nA'^ you and I are dead 



¥una'wi we come 

 liingu'nA'^ you and I come 



To this class belong also the verbs expressing the position in which 

 the act is performed, as sitting or lying; * while standing belongs 

 to the first class of verbs. 



raSlS TO BREAK WITH MOUTH 



To break with 

 mouth 



1st p. sing. . 

 2d p. sing. . 

 3d p. sing. . 



Sitting 

 dasizEna' nk'sEUA'^ 

 sa.TahizEka'naTiksEnA'"' 

 ras.izEnafnk'sEnAn 



Lying or walking 

 dasizEmA^nksEJiAn 

 sdrasizEsa^ivAnMEnAn 

 raiiia^nksEnA'"' 



Standing 

 dasizaje^riAn 

 sdrasizErajenA''^ 

 rasisje^nAn 



Verbs of this class take their objects, including the composite 

 form ni'^- i— thee, preceding the subjective pronoun, which is 

 treated as described before. 



ni'"'p'a'cg{s I saw thee (from wacgis he saws) 



hi^wacgis he saws me 



ni^p'e'wi'^ I think of thee (from we'wi^ he thinks) 



hiHu'rugas thou tearest me by pulling (3d per. ru'gas) 



Ki^hv! wusunc, thou art near me (from hiwu'sunc he is near) 



1 Occasionally the verbal forms expressing a lying position are formed with mi'nUe, which 

 belongs to the first class of verbs. 



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