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Appendix G. 



Past tense. 



Chee'ng chikakidda, ivhat could I have done ? &c. &c. &c. 



The verb "to he able" is rendered by " Dytea" in its moods and 

 tenses, as " Niado eeng bydya," I can make this ; " Umdokadya," you 

 cannot ; " K'ai dyoa," he will not he able. 



Many little exceptions and variations occur to tbese general rules, 

 wbich it would be impossible to become familiar with, without con- 

 stant practice in their arbitrary use ; but the foregoing remarks com- 

 prise all that would be of practical utility. The constant elision and 

 confluence of words beginning and ending with vowels must be 

 remembered, and that the particle do y has no meaning whatever. This 

 will render the examples above given to the different rules simple 

 and illustrative. 



