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KEPOHT — 1889. 



also precedes the first part of compound verbs : has tu nq, they blow into. Following- 

 is a paradigmatic table of the transitive verb in the present tense: 



sete'n, to see. 



When the object is a substantive it precedes the subject : 



Mn qa tana', I drink water. Mn a tana', he drinks water. 



Note. — In a great number of cases the first person singular of the transitive verb is 

 qoa instead of qa. I am not quite certain how this form originates, but it seems to 

 be a contraction of qa wu or of qa n-a. It would seem that the third person — subject 

 as well as object — takes this particle, and this would explain the qoa in qoa sHr'n, 

 he sees him. In certain cases it is evidently contracted from qa ra, as in the per- 

 fect. I am, however, far from being able to explain the rules regulating the use of 

 qoa and qa. 



at qoa qa, I have eaten (from at qara 



qa). 

 qoa sete'n, I see him. 

 qoa sete'nen, I have seen it once. 



qoa a'qen, I have heard it once, occa- 

 sionally. 



^ ectat Iru qoa a'qen, I have heard of 

 your father (somebody spoke of 

 him). 



de IfUff qoa god, I am going to go. 



at h'tt(f qoa qa, I shall eat. 



na til re dB k-vg- qoa ten, I am going 



far away. 

 k'wnt qoa nuk, I am angry. 



The character of the past is — gvii,-g-en, or -en, according to the terminal sound ol 

 the verb. The tense formed by this suffix corresponds to both our imperfect and 

 perfect : 



I qa seta'n-cn,, I saw you just now. 



(de) qa gvd-e'n, I went. 



qoa a'q-vn, I heard it (once, occasionally). 



qa a'qtc-Pn, I have beard it (frequently). 



I aiw' qoa scte' n-cii , I liavo seen your country (once). 



at qa qa, I am eating. 



qa td'wn, I have seen it frequently. 



qa tlUC-'n, I look at it. 



qa a'qtcen, I have heard it often, I 



know it. 

 I e'ctat qa a'qteni, I have heard of 



your father (he is widely known). 



qat kvg' qa god, 

 going to go. 



I (emphatically) am 



