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§ 15. IRREGULAR VERBS. 



The irregular verbs are: vbi, to kill; vmo, to trim, to mow; via, to ar- 

 rive; vpa, to eat; ia, to go. The vowel v in these verbs is dropped in a 

 part of the persons in both numbers; thus: 



Affinnative form. 



In the frequentative form of these verbs, the pronouns in the second 

 person singular and plural are modified thus : ahanla, ihishla, sing., 

 ahashlah, pi. 



ia, to go. 



Afl&rmative foi-m 



iah, 



ish iah, 



ialih, 



hvsh iah, 



11 iah, 



iloh ia. 



he goes, 

 thou goest, 

 I go, 

 you go, 

 we go, 

 we go, 



iksho, to be none, may be a negative form of vslia or g^sha. 

 It is conjugated: 



Negative form, 

 ik aiyuh. 

 chik aiyuh. 

 ak aiyuh. 

 hvchik aiyuh, 

 kil aiyuh, 

 kiloh aiyuh. 



iksholi, he is not, there is none, 



ikchikshoh, thou art not. 

 iksakshoh, I am not, etc. 



and: 

 ik im ikshoh, he has not, there is none for him, etc, 

 Keyu, not to be, has no modifications except h predicative, and the 

 causatives chi and kechi ; as, keyiichi, to make it nothing ; keyukeclii, 

 keyukma, if not, or. Kia, although, is perhaps an imperative form of ia, 

 to go, ikiah, let him or it go. It has no variation except to take h pre- 

 dicative, kiali, although it be. 



§ 16. It will be seen that verbs have usually but one form for both singu- 

 lar and plural numbers. Some verbs, however, have a plural, made by an 

 internal change; as, liikah, it flies; helili, they fly; binilih, he sits; binohli. 



