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QEijghan-man, &c., (lit.) “ I (was at some time or other) a doer.” 
This is simply a general statement, and would be used in answer to the 
question : “ Have you ever done so and so ?” It would not be used to 
specify any particular action. It may be called 
The 1st Indefinite Past Tfnse. 
1. QELy7?«?z-man “ I have done.” 
2. QELy/m^-san “ thou hast done.” 
3. Q^ghan “ he has done.” 
1. QEijglian-miz “ we have done.” 
2. q~ELghan-s\z “ ye have done.” 
3. qEjjghan-lai' ‘ ; they have done,” 
(e.) with the Participle oe Probability— 
The Probable Future Tense. 
1. Q'ELghu-daq-m&n or qwLghu-diq-man* “1 am likely to do.” 
2. QELglm-daq-stm “ thou art likely to do.” 
3. (Caret, see Compound Probable Future Tense.) 
1. q^ghu-daq-miz “ we are likely to do.” 
2. qwLgliu-daq-svz “ ye are likely to do.” 
3. (Caret, see Compound Tense.) 
II. Having thus applied the Personal Pronouns all round, we proceed to 
do the same with Possessive Affixes, whose vowels (1st and 2nd Persons) 
vary phonetically according to the prevailing vowel of the root, as in the 
case of substantives. 
Possessive Aeeixes— 
(a.) with the Root— 
QEL-ing = doing (is) thine = it is thy business to do; qel -ing-lar 
— doing (is) yours, it is your business to do. This is therefore simply an 
Imperative , viz., “ do thou” and “ do ye.” In this sense of course the 1st 
and 3rd Persons are not used. There is another Imperative form qr&ii-gliil 
or qel -ghin ; and, as in most languages, also a forcible Imperative, being 
the shortest possible form of the verb, viz., the Root : qel = do. 
The Imperative. 
qel “ do.” 
QEL-ing “ do thou.” 
QEL-y7^7 do. 
■ qel -ghin do. 
QEL-ingiz “ do ye.” 
QEL-inglar do. 
( h.) with the Indefinite Participle (and the auxiliary ‘ bar) : 
2nd S. 
2nd PI. 
* The 3rd pers. of the Compound Tense supply the lacking ones of this. 
