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when they end in a consonant, the consonant receives an accent called the 

 substantive verb accent. Examples : 



Vila, a child. vUah, it is a child. 



vno, I. vnoh, it is I. 



takchi, to tie. takchih, he ties. 



kvllo, strong. kvUoh, he is strong. 



fehna, very. fehnah, it is very. 



anukaka, within. anukakah, it is within. 



minti, come. mintih, it is come. 



mihma, and. mihmah, and it is. 



a, the. ah, it is the. 



o, a, one. oh, it is a, it is one. 



he, will, shall. heh, it will be, it shall be. 



hatak, man. hatak', it is a man. 



chukvsh, heart. chukvsh', it is the heart. 



tuk, tok, was, has en. tuk', tok', it was, it has been. 



This particle is not subject to any change for person, number, or gender. 

 Its place is at the end of a proposition. In such expressions as kullo 

 fehnah, he is very strong, the h is removed from kuUoh, he is strong, to 

 the end of the sentence. When used with a verb and article-pronoun, it 

 is in printing often prefixed to the latter, instead of being suffixed to the 

 former, where it properly belongs ; as, achi hokeh, for achih okeh, he 

 there says. 



§ 16. Ic detenninate. This particle limits with precision the word to 

 which it is joined, — just that much, no more, no less, and no other. Like 

 h, it is a suffix, although it is often written as a prefix of the following 

 word. Thus, ilvppvt achukma kvt yummak o i shahli hokeh, this in good- 

 ness is better than that, should be ilvppvt achukmak vt yummak o i 

 shahlili oke. The particle k is also used as a prefix to a vowel in the past 

 and future tenses of verbs in the negative forms, where it has reference to 

 the verb, in order to limit it in this form ; as, ik kvllo ke tuk, which 

 should be written, ik kvllok etuk. In renewed mention in remote past 

 time, k is changed to ch, as chash, chamo, for kash, kamo ; and in some 

 instances h and k are interchangeable, as naclii yim mikvt or nachi yim 

 mihvt, thy faith. 



§ 17. in successive, simultaneous, compellative. This is a prefix, never 

 a suffix, of a. It may be translated after nouns by, the also, the too; and 

 after verbs by when, then, when then, then when. Examples : iyi ma, 

 the feet too ; vmoshi mvto, as for my uncle, he too ; qki mvno, as for my 

 father, him also. As a compellative it is prefixed to ah ; miko mah, a 

 king. It is prefixed to ak to make a definite expression that something is 

 jvist now gone before, or will next follow, or is now passing; as, ia lih mak 

 okeh, I am going now. 



§ 18. The form shkell. The absolute article-pronoun termination 

 shkeh is definite, and follows verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the present 

 and future tenses, and the pronouns sia, chia, I, thou, etc. 

 ia lish keh, I go, absolutely, present tense, I am going, I am off. 

 ia lash keh, I shall go, I will go, let me go, let me off. 



