1884, ] 391 (Brinton. 
is added: tah, tace, or oc; and these particles can follow all 
verbs, active, passive, neuter and absolute. In this case no 
vowel is added to the verb, For example, taban tah, taban taoe, 
taba noc, do thou. This form is deprecative, rather asking 
than commanding. 
The pronouns rw, first person singular, and ka, first person 
plural, are often used with active verbs instead of these parti- 
cles. For example: Nug,ecta na missa, qateqa quibe, Let me 
first see the mass, and then I shall go. Ka Sihala na xoLohauh 
Sancta Maria, qateqa tin bijh rw qohlem sancto, Let us first 
salute the queen, Holy Mary, and then we shall speak of the 
saint. 
Another imperative and prohibitive is formed by dropping 
the first letter of any one of the above mentioned particles, and 
substituting the letter 6 or m; as, baban, do it not; machup, 
do not quench it. In this case no vowel is added to active 
verbs of one syllable, but the simple form of the verb is used, 
whether it be active, passive, neuter or absolute. 
Optative Mood. 
The particles of the optative mood are the same as those of 
the indicative, with the addition of the particle tah; as: tin 
loXotah, would I loved God! ain loXotah, would I had loved 
God! 
The particle tah is also placed after the particle of present 
time tan, and before the verb; as, tan tah tinw q,et nu tata, 
would I could see my father now ! 
Subjunctive Mood. 
The particle vetah is used for this mood; as, vetah tin loSoh 
Dios, qui loXox rumal Dios, If I loved God I should be loved 
by God. 
Infinitive Mood. 
This is formed in a variety of ways. 
The first is by taking the verb tirah, he wishes, preterit 
xrah, in the third person, without variation, and for the sub- 
ject the pronouns nw, a, ru, or, if the verb begins with a vowel, 
v, au,7r; and then the active verb, and not a passive or neuter ; 
as, tirah nu loSoh Dios, I wish to love God. 
