874 REPOET — 1889. 



Intransitive Verb. 



Present .Tense. 



Singular, 1st person, de gua sfe? Plural, 1st person, etlguasfe? 



„ 2nd „ dt:n qua sfegos ? „ 2nd ,, daWn gua, sfe'gos T 



„ 3rd „ la gua sfe'gos ? „ 3rd „ la gua st'e'rdd'os ? 



Imperfect. 

 de gica sfv'ga ? and de' gtia sfegu'odja? was I sick ? 



Transitive Verb. 

 de gua da Jfin ? do you see me ? etl gua, hiii 7 do yon see us ? 



la, gua da kin ? do you see him ? la gua da h-'mru ? do you see them ? 



da gua da Tfin ? do you see it ? 



In the interrogative the subject frequently precedes the object : 

 da gua qa da'ra ? have you got a dog ? 



When there is an adverb accompanying the verb the former takes the interroga- 

 tive particle : 



dd'rgatlgua dBu sfegu'udja ? were you sick yesterday ? 

 a la e'tsisgxia da k-i/i ? do you see them there 1 



It may also be attached to both object and adverb : 



tlgaigua na'ra da kin. ? do you see my land 1 



watcgua gyina e'tsisgva da kin ? do you see anything there (at a distance) ? 



Sentences beginning with interrogative words do not take this particle, and have- 

 instead of the verbal suffix -ga, gsn : 



gyi'sto sfe'gE/T, ? who is sick ? 



gyl'sto v'tsEfi ? who is there ? 



gyVsto nu'rao e'tSEn ? whose house is that ? 



gu'su da tWgEil ? what are you eating ? 



gb'su wa e'tsEii ? what is that ? 



gu'gusg-ano da Va'gEn ? why do you laugh ? 



g-a'tlnitld'o gEm de da kiiigBn u'odja ? why did not you see me ? 



kasu'ngu dE/l ke'tEii ? how are you ? 



dBn gya'ra nd'gai gua ets ? is that your house ? 



dEU gya'ra la'nagai gua ets Tlka'gilta ? is Tlk-agilt your town ? 



Imperative. 

 The second person singular is formed by the separable particle tla, which is affixed' 

 either to the verb or to its object, or precedes the verb. In the plural the suffix -rJy 

 is added to the stem of the verb : 



Singular, 2nd person : ta tla ! eat ! and ga tla ta ! eat (it) ! 



sqalE'n tla ! sing ! tla g-o'tlga ! make it ! 



ka'tt tla ! go ! dzin da tla ! make it longer I' 



Plural, 2nd person : tu'ro tla .' eat ! and ga tla td'ro. 

 qutlro tla ! drink ! 



In transitive verbs which have an object tla is always placed after the object : 



de tla kin ! look at me ! la tla kin ! look at him ! 



u'gEn tla kin ! look at yourself I 



Plural, 1st person : d'H'lsn ga ta, s'an ! let us eat ! 



A periphrastic form is frequently used : 



hala ! goj ta ! come ! eat ! 



Tiala ! de e'tlwa ! come ! help me 1 



hala ! gandl de qotl da ! come ! make me drink water ! (let me drink 1) 



hala ! d'alEJi qotl s'aii ! come 1 let us drink ! 



The following forms seem to indicate that there is still another method of forming 

 the imperative : 



Tid'ra i'sta ! give me mine I qotl ta ! drink ! 



