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CHAPTER IV. ON THE ForMATION or PARTICIPLES AND 
VERBAL Nouns, 
There are participles and verbal nouns derived from active, 
passive, neuter and absolute verbs. 
Verbal Nouns Srom Active and Absolute Verbs, 
Verbals with the prefix ah. These verbal nouns are formed 
from active verbs by prefixing ah to the root; as loXoh, to love, 
lox, a thing loved, ahloy, he who loves, or, in whom love is; 
tth, teaching, ahtih, the teacher. These are declined by 
means of the primitive pronouns, as, 
yn ahtih, I am a teacher. oh ahtih, we are teachers. 
at ahtth, thou art a teacher. ya ahtih, you are teachers. 
ha ahtih, he is a teacher. he ahtih, they are teachers. 
yn ahloXoh, I am a lover, or have love.  (s?c.) 
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at ahloXoh, thou art 
ha ahloXoh, he is 
oh ahloXoh, we are lovers, ‘ 
yx ahloXoh, you a 
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he ahloXoh, they 
These do not govern any case after them. 
This particle qf, prefixed to nouns signifies, native country, 
nation or business; as qhamiy, the staff of office ; ahqhamiy, the 
person who carries it, the Alguacil; ahpanYan, a resident of 
Guatemala. 
Verbals ending in y. LoXoy, he who loves. This termina- 
tion corresponds to the -for or -tria of the Latin, amator, ama- 
trix. It is suffixed to active verbs of more than one syllable, 
and if they terminate in h, this letter is dropped. A primitive 
pronoun is prefixed, and’ the verbal governs the genitive, 
which is placed after it, as, 
yn loSoy avichin, I am a lover of thee. 
at loXoy vichin, thou art a lover of me. 
ha loXoy kichin, he is a lover of us, 
oh loSoy quichin, we are lovers of them. 
he loXoy yvichin, they are lovers of you. 
