442 (JRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



The consonantic inflection appends the bare inflectional suffix to the basis 

 by placing- -a- between the two, thougli there are exceptions to this. Among 

 the consonants there are two only that can terminate a verb. -1 and -n. 

 AVhile the former often elide the vowel before the -1, those in -n (and -na) 

 frequently transpose it by metathesis, so that -na becomes -an. Hence we 

 have two consonantic inflections: 



4. Inflection of the verbs in -1, or L-inflection. 



5. Inflection of the verbs in -n, or N-infledion. 



More special points on the phonetic side of these five modes of inflec- 

 tion will be given below. 



PARADIGMS OF VERBS. 



The substantive and auxiliary verb gi to be, to exist, which by itself 

 belongs to the I-inflection, being of frequent occurrence and a factor in the 

 periphrastic conjugation of eveiy verb, I prefix a succinct paradigm of it 

 to those of the other verbs. The form gi is more frequent than ki or ^i. 

 The abbreviations of gi will be found in the Dictionary. 



The veru gi to exist, to become, to be, to have, to do, to say. 



Declarative mode. 

 Present tense: nu a gi, ki / am, I exist. 

 Preterit: nu hunk gi I was, I have been. 

 Future: nu a gi-uapk I shall be, exist. 



Conditional mode. 

 Present tense: nii a gl't, git / woidd be, may be. 



Imperative mode. 

 1 gl ! 6e thou ! gi at ! be ye ! 



Participles. 

 Present tense: giank, gfnk, kink, Mod. gfan, gin, kin bcinq, existing; 



having been. 

 Preterit: gitko been; done etc.; oblique cases: gipkash etc. 

 Pluperfect: gfulank after having been, done etc. 



Verbals. 

 Infinitive: gl to be, to exist etc. 



