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PHRFECT TENSE. 
tloa’qtion, I have been. tloa’quot, we have been, 
Singular, tloa’qoq, thou hast been. Plural 4 tloa’qop, you have been. 
Ltlsa'qaqe, he has been. tloa’tzaqoqe, they have been. 
FUTURE TENSE, 
ho’ikinia’q, I shall be. ho’ik’tiia’q, we shall be. 
The other persons follow regularly. 
POTENTIAL Moop. 
haua/quontlo, I may be. haua'qottlo, we may be. 
haua’qoqtlo, thou mayst be. haua'qoptlo, you may be. 
haua’qoctlo, he may be. hana'tzaqo'ctlo, they may be. 
IMPERATIVE Moop. 
tia’qawa, be thou. ua’qosa, be you. 
INFINITIVE Moon. 
tiaq, to be. tloaq, to have been. 
kiatiEn’ska = if I were good. k-e’sttienska = if I were bad. 
In such sentences as these the complement precedes the main part of the verb, 
but in a simple direct sentence it follows; as, a/akin i/a, I am good. 
In composition this verb is not regularly employed as the verbum substantivum in 
English is. In the present tenses the personal inflexions only appear in such 
sentences as we form with an adjective and the verbum substantivum. Thus: 
PRESENT TENSE. 
; tai't-kin, Iam hungry. tait-k’t, we are hungry. 
Singular ¢ tai’t-q, thou art hungry. Plural< tait-k’p, you are hungry. 
{ tait, he or she is hungry. _ti-tait, they are hungry. 
PAST INDEFINITE TENSE. 
tait-ki/n-iia, I was hungry. ‘tait-k’ttia, we were hungry. 
Singular< tait-qia, thou wast hungry. Plural< tait-k’piia, you were hungry. 
tait-tia, he or she was hungry. ti-taittia, they were hungry. 
PERFECT TENSE. 
tloa’qiiontait, I have been hungry. tloa'quotait, we have been hungry. 
tloa’qoqtait, thou hast been hungry. tloaqoptait, you have been hungry. 
tloa’qoctait, he or she has been hungry. tloatza‘qoctait, they have been hungry. 
FUTURE TENSE. 
‘Ikin-tait, I shall or I am going to be hungry. 
q-tait, thou wilt or thou art going to be hungry, 
Singular i 
1-tait, he will or he is going to be hungry. 
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Plural 1 
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hoik’ttait, we shall or are going to be hungry. 
hoik’ptait, you will or are going to be hungry. 
hoiti-tait, they will or are going to be hungry. 
DUBITATIVE TENSE. 
tl’ma'taitkin, I may be hungry. 
The other forms follow regularly, the particle tl’ma' = ‘perhaps,’ being prefixed 
to the present tense forms, as in the first person. 
By suffixing the particle ag or nag to the above, as tai'tkin-oq, we can get an 
intensive or emphatic form of the same expression, I am very hungry. Also 
kweno'gkin-oq, I am very sick ; tcz’lcHau’qkin-q, I am very glad. 
A very constant feature of the verbal system of the N’tlaka’pamug is that the 
verbal stem is always preceded by the tense sign in the future. The meaning of the 
