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of Eastern Tar feist an. 
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CONJUGATION OE THE YEEB, 
with ANALYSIS. 
I. Personal Pronouns— 
First applying the Personal Pronouns to each of the Participles in 
turn, we get : 
(a) with Present Participle— 
The Simple Present Tense. 
1. qel a-nian = I do. 1. QEha-miz = we do. 
2. QELa-san = thou doest. 2. qel a-siz = ye do. 
8. (Caret, see Comp. Pr. Tense.) 3. (Caret, see Comp. Tense.) 
# This is a Simple Present Tense; 
(b) with Continhatiye Participle— 
QRhdr-man or cp&Lur-man — (lit). I (am) continuously doing. 
This refers obviously both to the present moment and also to 
those immediately before and after it. In practice it has obtained special 
reference to the latter, like our English “ I am going to do,” and this Tense 
may therefore be called the Puture Present :. 
1. QEL^r-man or QELar-man “ I am doing” or “ about doing.” 
2. QEL^p-san “ thou art doing” or “ about doing.” 
3. QEL^r ££ he is doing” or ££ about doing.” 
1. QELar-miz ££ we are doing” or ££ about doing.” 
2. QELar-siz ££ ye are doing” or ££ about doing.” 
3. QELC£r-lar ££ they are doing” or ££ about doing.” 
(c) with Perfect Participle— 
The Perfect Tense. 
1. QELi^-man ££ I have done” ; (lit.) ££ I (have) completely done.” 
2. QELzyj-san ££ thou hast done.” 
3. (Caret, see Compound Perfect Tense.)f 
1. QEL^-miz ££ we have done.” 
2. QEL£y>-siz ££ ye haTe done.” 
3. (Caret, see Compound Perfect Tense.)f 
Here there is no doubt about what the meaning must be. The tense 
is therefore a simple Perfect ; 
(cl) with Indefinite Participle— 
* Tlie 3rd pers. S. and PI. being wanting here, the corresponding persons of the 
Compound Present Tense are made to supply their place. 
f The 3rd persons of the Compound Perfect Tense supply the place of the lacking 
ones in this Tense. 
