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And so, yn ban inak, I had done. 
yn rapan inak, I had whipped, ete. 
“{. The particle tan prefixed to the present of all verbs, 
active, passive, neuter or absolute, carries the notion of present 
action of the verb, as, 
tan ti ban, I am doing, i] 
tan ta ban, thou art doing. 
tan tu ban, he is doing. 
tan tika ban, we are doing. 
tan ti ban, you are doing. | 
tan tiqui ban, they are doing. 
And so, 
tan ta bijh, I am saying. 
tan tin ya, I am giving. 
tan tin loSoh Dios, I am loving God. 
“. Particles for active verbs which begin with a vowel. 
These are for the present tense, tiv, tau, tir, tik, tiu, tre. ‘ 
tivaho, I wish. tékaho, we wish. 
tavaho, thou wishest. tiuaho, you wish. 
tiraho, he wishes. técaho, they wish. 
And so, 
tivetamah, | know (conosco). 
tivoquicah, I obey. 
tivuqaah, I carry. 
tivaqaxah, I hear, 
tivulicah, I cause to come. 
tivutziricah, I bless. 
tivatinigah, I cause to bathe. 
tivelecah, I take out. 
4. The particles for the preterit of these verbs beginning 
with a vowel are: aiu or wu, wau, wr, wh, xiu, xc; as, 
aivaho, | wished, or, have wished. 
zauho, thou “ : 
xraho, he Us “ 
skaho,we . 
aivaho, you “ . 
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xeaho, they 
PROC. AMER. PHILOS. soc. xxr. 115. 2w. PRINTED APRIL 10, 1884. 
