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Preterit Pluperfect : yn ok qohevinak chic, yo habia estado. 
Future Imperfect : equi qohe, yo estaré. 
Future Perfect : yn qoh chic, yo habré estado. 
Imperative Mood. 
cat qohe, esta tu. 
Optative and Subjunctive Mood. 
Present, qui qohe tah, yo esté, 
or, vé qui qohe. 
Preterit Imperfect, aqud qohetah, yo estaria. 
Preterit Pluperfect, wigohe tah, yo hubiese estado. 
or, veta wiqohe, si yo hubiese estado. 
or, veta in qohevinak. 
Future, ela aqui qohe, si yo estuviera estado. 
Infinitive Mood. 
Present, tan Woah qui qohe, yo quicro estar. 
Preterit Perfect, advao ai qohe, quisé estar. 
Future, etivaho gui qohe, querré estar. 
Gerunds. 
Genitive, qui qohedic, para que yo esté. 
Dative, hata qut qohevi, para que yo esté. 
Participles. 
Present, qoh, el que esta, 
Future, qoriel, el que ha de estar. 
As I have already stated in the Introduction, this arrangement, on the 
plan of the Latin grammar, is forced, and violates the spirit of the Cakchi- 
quel, as it would of all other American tongues. 
On the Conjugation of the Verbs. 
: Active Verbs. 
As has been already said there are four kinds of verbs in 
this language, active, passive, absolute and neuter. 
The verb never varies its termination in any mood or tense, 
The mood and tense are distinguished by certain particles 
which in some tenses are placed at the beginning, in others at 
the beginning and end of the verb. 
Active verbs are of two kinds, those which begin with a 
consonant, and those which begin with a vowel; and each of 
these has its appropriate particles to distinguish the number, 
person and tense. 
