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18. The inflections for the verbs aro similar to Clioroti, the onty 
important difference being in the first person where the Choroti a is 
substituted by h or s with or without an accompanying vowel, thus : 
h-apik, I return ; hó-uk, I go ; há-nam, I arrive ; s-nam, I arrive ; 
s-thuke, I plant ; si-taishte, I know. 
The piarais are formed with a suffix or internal change to the verb 
itself, the prefixes being the same for singular and plural, e.g. h-ápák- 
lith, we return ; há-cheshine-a nameth, we sit down. 
The second person may be the vowel or consonant root, the prefix 
a or th, e.g. mee, bring thou ; ánche, put it inside ; ischi, mark tliou ; 
a-wethla, sit thou down ; a-kume, hold thou ; thl-anape, cover it over ; 
th-nam, thou hast arrived ; l-eshape or thl-eshape, wipe, rub. 
The imperative and indicative are frequently (if not always) one 
and the same thing : A-kume, thou holdest ; A-kume, hold thou. 
The third person may lack a prefix, e.g. nam (he, she, it or tliey 
arrive) ; or may be preíixcd with y or t, e.g. : 
Yi-muk, it goes out, becomes extinct ; ya-fumki, she waslies 
clothes ; Y-ich, he goes ; yi-ma, they sleep ; t-iyáj , he shoots ; 
t-aishi, it sounds ; t-ósee, they tread on. 
Singular 
1. Há-tuj, I eat 
2. A-tuj, thou eatest 
3. I-tuj, he, she, it eats 
TUJ, to eat. 
Plural 
Present Tense 
1. Há-tuj ñame, we eat 
2. A-tuj aketh, ye eat 
3. I-tuj, they eat 
Futuro Tense 
1. Há-tuj haiyu , I shall eat 
2. A-tuj haiyu, thou wilt eat 
3. I-tuj haiyu, he, she, it will eat 
1. Ilá-tuj haiyu ñame, we shall eat 
2. A-tuj haiyu aketh, ye will eat 
3. I-tuj haiyu, they will eat 
Past Tense 
1. Ilá-tuj hámkyi, I ate 1. Há-tuj hámkyi ñame, we ate 
2. A-tuj hámkyi, thou atest 2. A-tuj hámkyi aketh, ye ate 
3. I-tuj hámkyi, he, she, it ate 3. I-tuj hámkyi, they ate 
Infinitivo 
Ka-tuj, eating of Thl-ák , food 
The following list contains a summary of the most important of 
the partióles : 
