22 Appendix G. 
But at times “ Chikana,” whatever, and “Ena,” that, are used 
relatively, as ‘‘ Chikana um kajeed, éna eeng diooma,” what you say, 
that I will listen to. 
VERBS. 
Verbs are either active or neuter. There is no passive voice. 
The Infinitive mood is formed by adding téé to the root. 
The present participle by adding tan or fé. 
The Past participle by affixing kedté. 
In the active or transitive voice, the Present tense Indicative mood 
adds to the root ‘‘ tanna,” in the neuter voice, “ akanna.” 
Imperfect tense there is none, the Present tense being used, and 
its Imperfect signification understood by the context. 
The Perfect tense is formed by adding in the active voice, “ kidda, 
keea, kenna, lidda, or tadda,” to the root. In the neuter voice, * lena,” 
or “‘zéna,”’ sometimes “ kenna.” 
There is no Pluperfect tense, but greater completion is expressed by 
conjugating the verb “chabtea,” to finish, added to the root; much 
“‘ chookna” in Hindustanee. 
the same way as 
The Future is formed by adding to the root eea or od, or sometimes 
simply ¢, in which latter case the sound of the root is prolonged. 
y) 
Except ‘ nooitea,” to drink, which makes ‘‘ noonooé;” and ‘ rotea,”’ 
Pp b) y) p) 7 
to gore (as a bull) ‘ roroa.” : 
The Imperative is formed by adding (in the 2nd person singular) to 
the root, “‘ mén” and ‘ omén” or “ ymén,” if the root end with a con- 
sonant. In the other persons kd precedes the pronoun, and the simple 
root of the verb, which will be more clearly shown in conjugating. 
In a negative sense, ‘‘ alum” or “alo” is prefixed to the 2nd personal 
pronoun, d@ being added to the root; if in the 8rd person, singular, 
dual, or plural “ aloka” is prefixed to the pronoun, and the root alone 
of the verb is used. 
The Subjunctive mood is vague and imperfect. In the Present and 
Future tenses ‘‘ rédo”’ is added to the root, sometimes together with 
the word “honang,” “derang,” or “ tora’ (signifying conditionality) 
affixed. 
The Past tense is formed in the same way ; indeed there appears to 
be no Past Snbjunctive tense ; but sometimes the conditional terminal 
“védo” is added to the Past perfect Indicative. ; 
