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Preterite. 



1 Phisun°- phen «f Phi chhon S P hen » excl - / Phi ki k6n S P hen > excl - 



° F 1 Phi chhing phen, inch \ Phi ki keng phen, inci. 



2. Phi phen. Phi chhe phen. Phi ne phen. 



3. Phi phen. Phi chhe phen. Phi me phen. 



Interrogative Mood. 



Present tense. 

 Singular. 



1. Phiizno ki ma. ("And so on, as in the subjunctive; that is, the terminal 



2. Phi ki ma. 1 m or mi is dropt and ki ma, = or not, is added in lieu 



3. Phi ki ma. (. of the subjunctive signs, nam or sa and phen. 



Negative Hood. 



There is no separate negative verb. 



The affirmative verb is conjugated with ma, the particle of negation, before it, 

 Ma phi gnom. Ma phi sungmi, &e. 



Potential Mood. 



Singular. 



, t,, .,, , . ( For all tenses, phasche being aoristic except in dual 



1. Phit phas chungmi. \ ,, , -f>u u ^ a c f4 , u u' 



9 V\ V h 1 J an d plural. Phasche, the reflex form of the verb pha, 



* tj, . t , ™, , 1 is conjugated with the root phi to express power. 



3. Pint phas chem. / ™ t x ■ / u • i k.u • *.= 



r V. lor phasche see lm che in sequel, or 5th conjugation. 



Precative Mood. 

 Singular. 

 Present. Preterite. 



1. Phi gnd yu. Phisung yu. ("Drops the final m or mi of the ordinary verb 



2. Phi yu. Phi yu. < and substitutes for it the immutable verbal 



3. Phi yu. Phi yu. (, particle yu. 



Another form of the precative mood, equivalent to that which is usually joined 

 with the imperative in English (let me come, come thou, let him come, &c.) is 

 formed by compounding the infinitive of the main verb with the verb to give used 

 as an auxiliary, thus : — 



Singular. Dual. Plural. 



1. Phimung hasung. Phimung hachhong. Phimung hatikong. 



8. Phimung hato. Phimung hatochhe, Phimung hatome. 



The first ordinary form of the precative may be best rendered in English by O ! 

 that I may or might come, &c. ; this, by, Let me come, Let him come &c, liter- 

 ally, give me to come, give him to come, and so on for the dual and plural according 

 to the model of transitives in "to" in sequel. 



Optative Mood. 

 Singular. 



t T,, . i( , , -n, .., , , f and so on throughout the verb dak 



1. Phit dakgnom, Pint daksungmi, , . te , . , 



n tiuvj j i • T»i.- t 5 j' • to desire or want, which see in 



2. Phit dakmi, Pint dangmi, < 1 m. t c a 



o t>i -.5 j i • tiim j' • 1 sequel. The root of the pn- 



3. Pint dakmi, Pint dangmi, H , . £ , r 



* ^ mary verb is prefixed. 



Remark. — Duty, necessity and propriety, as well as desire, are expressed by this 

 mood, often in the impersonal form, mihi oportet vel decet, thus go phit dakmi, I 

 must, I ought to, come. It is necessary or proper for me to come. 



Inchoative Mood. 



Singular. 



1. Phit' teschungmi, "1 and so on according to the paradigm of intransitives in 



2. Phit' teschem, > che ; this mood being constructed from the root of the 



3. Phit' teschem, J main verb and the reflex form of the verb to begin. 



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