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2. so-yo thou mayest or 2. sedhj vao ...... thou mayest have 



shouldst go, &c. gone, &c. 



3. sau-do he may, &c 3. sedhj vid he may have gone, 



&c. 

 Plural. 



1. sedhj vao-an... we may have gone, 

 &c. 



2. sedhj vao-id ... ye may have gone, 

 &c. 



3. sedhj vao-in . . . they may have 

 gone, &c. 



Plural. 



1. so-'nb we may, &c. 



2. so-idb ......... ye may, &c. 



3. so-ino ......... they may, &c. 



CONJUGATION OF THE DEFECTIVE VEEB "TO BE." 



(i) Eoot Form: vid; (ii) Pres. Form: vao ; (iii) Past Form: vild; 

 (iv) Perf . Form : vedhj. 

 Nom. vid-ao. 

 Obi. vid, (vid-ir, vid-its, &c.) 



Perfect Participial Adjective vedhj -enj. 



Future do. (also Noun of the Agent)... vid-ichoz. 

 Verbal Substantive, " the being or existing" : vid-i. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 



Pbtesejstt Future TeWSE. 

 Singular. 



1. vao-am* (yost-am) f I may be, or am. 



2. vao (yost-at) thou mayest be, or art. 



3. vi-d (yost) he may be, or is. 



Plural. 



1. vao-an [yost-an] we may be, or are. 



2. vao-id [yost-av] ye may be, or are. 



3. vao-in [yost-av] they may be, or are. 



Past Tei^se. Pereect Tei^se. 



Singular. Singular. 



1. vild [am] I was. 1. vedhj [am] ... I have been. 



2. vild [at] thou wert. 2. vedhj [at] ... thou hast been. 



3. vild he was. 3. vedhj he has been. 



* Generally has a conditional sense, but is placed here, because it is inform a Pre- 

 sent Indicative. 



f This alternative tense is in form the Past-tense of some other Verb, but used 

 for the Present Tense of this. 



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