682 REPORT—1890. 
The following future forms indicate the existence of another future :— 
I shall eat, atltEn-tEn-tst. IT shall be sick, k’ak-’@i-tEn-tsE. 
Inflection by means of auxiliary verbs is very frequent. 
Sick Present’ Future 0: 
Sing., Ist pers. (n)é-tsEn k"'a/k’éi nim-tsen k’a’k"’éi (n)étl-tsE(n) k’a/k’éi 
2nd ,, (n)é-(z)e = niim-(£)te by (n)étl-(£)te 7 
3rd. ,,  masc. (n)é(-tsE) ) nim na (n)étl a 
” ” fem. (-GE) 
Plural, 1st ,, (n)é-tst = k’A(i) kG niim-tst k”a/(i)k’éi (n)étl-tst =k "a(i)k’Gi 
and 4, (n)é-(z)tsiip BS nim-()tsaip re (n)étl-Etsip - 
aigile 633 (njé k’dik’ Giétlten nim k*aik"’éi (n)étl-k"a/ik"’Gi-étltEn 
The auxiliary verb of the future tense means ‘ to go,’ that of the present and past 
tenses @ is evidently the verbum substantivum. Frequently the particle p’a is added 
to the inflected forms. I am unable to explain its meaning. 
I am sick,’ ak’é'i-tsEn p’a. 
é-tsEn p’a k’ak’é’i. 
LT have been sich, étl-tsE p’a k’a’k”’éi. 
at is he, nétl p’a. 
The initial m is used if the person spoken of is absent. In the third person a dis- 
tinction is made between the person being present, absent, and invisible, and absent 
and visible. 
he is sick (he present), 6-p’a k’ak’ei. 
nS (he absent, invisible), né p’a k’ak”’éi. 
a (he absent, visible), a’et p’a k’ak”éi. 
they are sick (they present), & p’a k’a'ik’éi, 
or & p’a k’ak’é'i-étltEn. 
The present tense formed with the auxiliary verb serves as a perfect: 
IT sit down, a'mat-tsEn. I lie down to sleep, &'EtHt-tsEn. 
I am sitting, 6-tsEn amat. I am asleep, étsEn &'EtEt. 
When the initial is used in the first and second persons the verb refers to a 
past or future state or action. This is probably caused by the expression of absence 
which in these persons cannot be in space, but must be in time. 
A double future is sometimes formed by using the future of the auxiliary verb: 
I shail be sich, niim-tsEn-tskE k"’a/k’éi. 
The active verb, when it has no pronoun for object, is inflected in the same way 
-as the neutral verb, either by suffixes or by auxiliary verbs. If it has a pronominal 
object the latter is expressed by a suffix to the verb, and the latter is then treated 
exactly like an intransitive verb, This close connection of the activity and the object 
-acted upon, while the subject remains independent of this combination, is very inter- 
esting. It explains also the syntactic peculiarity that the subject is attached to the 
adverb, while the object is attached to the verb. I collected only a small portion of 
the objective forms of the verb. 
Singular Plural 
Object ——— ee 
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 
Ist per. sing. — —amc —ame — 
2nd 4) ae —ima — — —dma 
3rd ” ” —uq —uq 
Ist ,, plural — 
2ndi\ssvehre —a'la 
Srds e, F —t(étltEn) — —qus 
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