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QELsa-id-im, &c. This would be “the power of doing was mine,” 
i . e., “ I might have done” or (with agar, “ if”) “ had I done.” This is 
The 1st Past Potential. 
1. QELS«-id-im “ I might have done.” 
2. QEL5<i-id-ing “thou miglitest have done.” 
3. QELs^-id-i “ he might have done.” 
1. QELs«-id-ik “ we might have done.” 
2. QELs«-id-ingiz “ ye might have done.” 
3. QELs«-id-ilar “ they might have done.” 
(/.) with the Futuee Paeticiple oe Fitness— 
qel -ghu-luq icl-im, &c. Qelghu-luq meaning “ fit to do,” this tense 
may he translated : “ I was fit to do,” or “ I was to do.” It is 
The Peeteeite Futijee Tense. 
1. QELy7m-?«^-id-im “ I was to do” or “ he done.” 
2. QELy7m-/«^-id-ing “ thou wert to do” or “ he done.” 
3. QELy^w-Z^-id-i “ he was to do” or “ be done.” 
1. QELyAtt-/«^-id-ik “ we were to do” or “ be done.” 
2. QELy7«^-7«^-id-ingiz “ye were to do” or “ he done.” 
3. QEL^w-Zw^-id-ilar “ they were to do” or “he done.” 
Sometimes the auxiliaries dur and idi are accumulated one on the top 
of the other : e. g. qela-dur-idim ( = I was about doing), and qelip-dur - 
idim ( = I was in a continuous condition of having done, or, I had been 
doing). 
Before leaving the Auxiliary idim we must take notice of the Tenses 
formed with its derivatory form “ irmish ” or “ imish ,” and its Indefinite Par¬ 
ticiple ilcan, which, when affixed to certain parts of the Verb and conjuga¬ 
ted by affixed Pronouns, reduces their statements to mere probabilities, or 
makes them conditional. 
YI. To express probability, or facts not positively known to the speaker 
(English “ It is understood or believed that,” &c.,), there is a whole series 
of tenses in ’ mish . 
The Auxiliaey (imish) makes 
(a), with the Peesent Paeticiple — 
The Heaesay Peesent Tense. 
1. QEL«-imish-man “ I am understood to do.” 
2. QEL«-imish-san “ thou art understood to do.” 
3. QEL«-imish “ he is understood to do.” 
1. QEL«-imish-miz “ we are understood to do.” 
2. QEL«-imish-siz “ ye are understood to do.” 
3. QEL«-imish-lar “ they are understood to do.” 
( [ b .) with the Continuatiye Paeticiple— 
