CONJUGATION III. 33 
SECOND VARIETY. 
§ 57. Verbs in this variety have only ‘n’ and ‘m,’ fragments of the 
article pronouns ‘ni’ and ‘ma,’ in the second and first persons singular. 
These appear to be mostly active transitive verbs. 
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A. PRONOUNS PREFIXED. 
1. The fragmentary pronouns ‘n’ and ‘m’ are prefixed to the verb in 
its entirety. 
Un, to use any thing, as a tool, ete. 
INDICATIVE MODE, 
Aorist Tense. 
Sing. Dual. Plur. 
3. ty, he uses. uypi, they use. 
2. nuy, thow usest. nuypi, ye use. 
1. muy, I use. unk, we two use. unkuypi, we use. 
In this and the following examples only the indicative aorist is given, the forma- 
tion of the remaining parts having been already sufficiently exhibited. 
Uypa and cayniypa, to smoke a pipe, are conjugated like wy, fo use. 
The reflerive form of verbs, which in the third person singular commences with 
‘ihd’ (see § 39, 4.), is also conjugated like ‘uy ;’ as, ihdaska, to bind oneself ; nihdaska, 
thou bindest thyself; mihdaska, I bind myself. 
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2. The agglutinated ‘n’ and ‘m’ take the place of the initial ‘ y. 
(a) Yanka, to be. 
Sing. Dual. Plur. 
3. yanka, he is. yaykapi, they are. 
2. nayka, thou art. naykapi, ye are. 
1, mayka, Lam. unyayka, we two are. unyaykapi, we are. 
(b) Yanka, to weave, as snowshoes. 
Sing. Dual. Plur. 
5. yanka, he weaves. yaykapi, they weave. 
2. nanka, thou weavest. naykapi, you weave. 
1. mnayka, I weave. unyanka, we two weave. uyyankapi, we weave. 
Yayka, to weave, differs in conjugation from yanka, to be, only in the first person 
singular. 
B. PRONOUNS INSERTED. 
3, ‘N’ and ‘m’ take the place of ‘w.’ 
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