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2. For active verbs which begin with a vowel : 
For Present, Imperfect and Future. 
MO Oiaes We 
s oqueqah, |. 
vagilvte pune hehe 
Ot ae to 
The same prefixes are used, tan tin oquecah, I believe ; tan tin oqueqah, 
I was believing ; wtin oquegah, I shall believe. 
SSE tre oquecah. 
For Perfect. 
Yi te Cm 
mm oguecah, wiv Sunt 
we or “gu 
2. BAU ran nn 
8, ar gece nt 
noRanRT Zam oguecah. 
8. Particles for absolute, passive and neuter verbs, 
For Present, Imperfect and Huture. 
koh ~~... 
sam DC, ZO, Yuta —----- 
artes at 
1. quin or qui,-- 
2. cat i 
Be von wn om que —— 
To these tan is to be prefixed for the Present, etan for the Imperfect, 
and @ for the Future, 
For Perfect. 
Ly) OU ii, LO 
De hd iwc sour ceo ~zp,.0¢ have in nbs e 
ECC IN mana barni tS gone. QC— mm 
As in active verbs, the particle mé may be prefixed to these to denote 
recent past time (the Preterit Proximate). 
“. The rules for the formation of absolute and passive verbs 
from active verbs of several syllables are as follows: The verb, 
loXoh, for instance, drops the final / and takes in place of it n, 
and thus forms the absolute verb. This form may be used 
without an object, as gud loon, I love, not saying whom. 
But when the pronouns yn, at, etc., are prefixed, it has the force 
of the active, as yn loXon Dios, I love God; yn quirrapan 
alabon, I whip the boys. This is the general rule for all active 
verbs of several syllables, 
“|. Passive verbs are formed from active verbs of more than 
one syllable by dropping the / and substituting , as qui loXoa, - 
Tam loved, After this form the ablative of the person must 
be used, as, gui loXow rumal Dios, I am loved by God; que 
rapax rumal vahtih, I am whipped by my master. This is 
