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Preterite Tense. 



1. Jantana, I ate thee, or, "| 



thou wast eaten by \ Jatesi. We two ate thee. Jatemi. We all ate thee. 



2. Jantanasi, I ate you f Jatasisi, We two ate you J Jatasimi. We all ate you 



two. \ two. \ two. 



3. Jantaaani, I ate you J" Jantanisi. We two ate you J Jantanimi. We all ate you 



all. \ all. \ all. 



Participles. 



There are none of the impersonal form. 

 Participle cf the future personated. 



It is formed, as in the ordinary conjugation, by adding the appropriate particle 

 or " me" to the forms of the indicative, e. g. 



Singular. Dual. Plural. 



Janame. Jayesime. Jayemime.* 



and so on through all the 9 forms above given in the indicative present. 



Participle of the past personated. It is formed from the preterite by adding 

 the "me," e. g. 



Jantaname. Jatesime. Jatemime,, 



and so on through the above 9 forms of the preterite. 



The sense of Janame is, thou who art the eaten of me ; of jantaname, thou who 

 wert the eaten of me, and so of all the rest. 



Gerunds. 



There are none whatever impersonated. 



The personated forms are, as in the ordinary conjugation, four, two of the pre- 

 sent and two of the past, and they are constructed, as before, by adding, respec- 

 tively " na" and " ko" to the tense forms above, e. g. 



Gerund of the future and present with the main verb in same time. 



Singular. Dual. Plural. 



Janana. Jayesina. Jayemina, 



and so on through all the 9 forms of the tense. 



Same gerund with the main verb in the preterite. 

 Singular. Dual. Plural. 



Jantanana. Jatesina. Jatemina, 



and so on through all the 9 forms above. 



Gerund of the preterite with main verb in the past time. 

 Singular. Dual. Plural. 



Jantanako.f Jatesiko. Jatemiko, 



and so on through the 9 tense forms. 



* The " y" is merely to keep the vowels apart. 



f Samples of the above gerunds. Eating thee I shall fill my belly, janana rugna : 

 Eating thee I filled my belly, jantana rati : Having eaten thee I will go, janako 

 lagna: Having eaten thee I slept, jantanako ipti : We all having eaten thee, were 

 pleased, jatemiko gyerstako : We two, having eaten thee, will flee, jayesiko juksu- 

 kasuku : We all, eating thee, fled, jatemina jukkatako. 



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