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Infinitive. 



I found two infinitives, one ending in ■(ff)al, the other in -ff-an. 



ffsm tl k'a/fai dzmra'iifja, I langh almost (I am not far from laughing). 

 dS g-unra (j'iitula'i gd'ustU) tl itiutltliid'ga, if my father were not dead, 



I should dance. 

 dEu kcd'ngai gye do statl yvahigEn, I should like much to sec yon. 

 gqala'i'ig-an dS u'nset yv-'anga, I understand well to sing. 

 rd'iiltltag-an lu'meda, he knows to fight. 



Note.— I give the following conditional sentences without an attempt at explana- 

 tion : 



I (1) st'c'f/F.a (2) nVganii (3) gEin (4) tl (5) kaitVra'nga (6), if (3) lie (l)is 



sick (2), I (5) not (4) shall go (G). 

 da (1) kit'i'ira (2) gsvi (3) g'ot'utl (4) gEn, gyan (5) iiia'tlrasga (6), if (5) 



my (1) father (2) not (3) dead (4), I shall dance (6). 

 de (I) Jni'/lra (2) got'iitl (S) gyirn (■I) gEiii (5) tl ((>) inatlra'naga (7), if 



(4) my (1) father (2) dead (3), I (6) shaU not (5) dance (7). 

 I (1) sfe'gc (2) ga'nstlo (3) hl'ra (4) tl (5) td'ifsglga (6), if not (3) he 



(1) were sick (2), I (5) should go (6) to him (4). 

 I (1) ««'<->- (2) gd'wstlu (3) dE'ng'st (4) Idra (5) tl (6) kd'itlnd'ga (7), if 



not (3) he (1) were sick (2)", I (6) should go (7) with you (4) to him (5). 

 de (1) tv'iira (2) g'otulai (3) qd'ustlu (4) tl (5) iiiatltlnd'yd (6), if not (4) 



my (1) father (2) dead (3), I (5) should dance (6). 



Negative. 



The negative is formed by gBm, not, while the suffix -^an is added to the stem of 

 the verb : 



gEvi de st'e'ranga, I am not sick. 



gsm la tl k'mranruga, I do not see them. 



gEm na t-s tl hinranga, I do not see a house there. 



In the interrogative-negative the interrogative particle is attached to the negation ;; 

 the suffix of the verb is -ran. 



gEm gun I sfB'ran ? is he not sick ? 



gEvi gua wa nd Sts da k-i/lraii ? don't you see that house there ? 



Here is a negative imperative : 



yEin Id'ranga ! don't eat ! 



Deeivatives. 

 -gel, repeatedly : 



dZ- xt'ii-gc'iga, I am repeatedly sick. 

 •gt(gE/i), he is in the habit of : 



I k'a-gl'gE/iga, he laughs always. 



I rd' uitlta-gV gEvga, he is in the habit of fighting. 



tla gatagVga, I eat always. 



•gil (gE/l) gitlEii, it is beginning, growing to be : 

 de st'e'-gitlE/iga, I am getting worse. 

 SEn-gitlEtiga, dawn, it becomes daylight. 

 skudga-gi'lgKil., it is high water. 

 g'disgo-gi'lga, it is growing round. 

 t'atsegi'lga, the wind is increasing in strength. 



gyitl, to cau.se : 



gyina ([) tl (2) td'gcn (3) de (4) gyin (5) sfe'ga (6), I (2) ate (3) some- 

 thing (1) (that) makes (5) me (4) sick (6). 



There are several derivatives the meaning of which I do not know : 



tl ta-nu'ga, I eat. 



ag-alqua, it begins to be night. 



keu'iiga, to see (from kiii). 



