116 APPENDIX. [sect. 



The passive voice is formed by inserting o before the 

 terminal a or e of the active. Ex. riha, rihoa am made, &c. 



The absolute form is given to any part of the verb by 

 adding the word hela = only ; hi na kela, I am only, &c. 



The term conjugation is used in Sichuan a in the same 

 sense as in the Hebrew, viz : to express different forms of 

 the same verb ; and not, as in Greek and Latin, to distin- 

 guish different classes of verbs from each other by peculiari- 

 ties of form and inflexion. 



Dr Livingstone enumerates twelve simple primary con- 

 jugations, of which nine are in constant use: also twenty- 

 four complex secondary, and four complex ternary conju- 

 gations'. 



With reference to the flexibility of these verbs, he says; 

 " If any one should perpetrate the feat of writing out a 

 Sichuana verb, with all the tenses, persons, moods, voices, 

 and probable or possible combinations, it would cover a 

 sheet equal to a pretty large table-cloth 2 . 



The independent Personal pronouns preceding noun or 

 verb are; 



Singular Plural 



re = We 



H = 



T 



u = 



Thou 



= 



He. 



lo = You 

 la = They. 



Personal pronouns are also expressed as suffixes or 

 affixes added to nouns or verbs. 



The primitive mode of expressing the personal pronoun 

 by means of suffixes is largely employed in this language. 



The possessive pronoun is never put before the noun. 



The only approach to declension in Sichuana nouns and 

 pronouns besides the suffix n, occurs in the suffixes ka, and 

 kfi. Ex. If a child is addressed, he is spoken to as nuanaka ; 

 if spoken of, nuanake ; both meaning my child 3 . 



1 Analysis, pp. 28 — 31. 2 Ibid. p. 30. 3 Ibid. p. 21. 



