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Dual.

Ist [Inc.] wiskdgwadegz'kw, thou and I cook

2nd [Exc.] wiskégwadegiek, he and I cook.

2nd wisl-égwadégéok 10.

3rd wiskdgwaa’qgudijz'k. The Ist sing. Imperf. ends in iap with ias in the Interrogative form. The perfect preﬁxes the Auxiliary £636, and ends as the present. The perfect complete is the same as the present with the sign lees-test?

preﬁxed.

The pluperfect is the Imperfect with kese preﬁxed in both. The Compound Pluperfect adds anek or ek to the present.

The ﬁrst, second, and third person singular present indicative active positive of a list of verbs is here given, which may be used as a guide :— nemedegd, I see, nemedegen, thou seest, nemedeget, he sees. nemedoo, I see it, nemea’oan, thou seest it, nemedot, he sees it. keseltum, I spare it, 2nd, keseltmz, 3rd, (Veseltul’.

Lesedasz'n, I vanish, 2nd kesedtzsinun, 3rd besea’asinl’.

kesmedizm, I drive it, 2nd kesmedémzm, 3rd Lesmedatk.

keslva’e, I am broad, 2nd kes/ea‘z'n, 3rd kes/zai/e.

bane”, I am alive, 2nd kenenun. 3rd kenenk.

paktém. I am tatooed, 2nd pauén, 3rd pak'ték.

kwédunumé, I own a canoe, 2nd kwédenumin, 3rd kwéa’unumit. kwi’dunume, I use acanoe, kwéa'unan. 3rd kwédmmb. kesenaogwi, I am sick, 2nd kesenoogu-on, 3rd kesenoogwot.

Adverbs.

Adverbs may be used to modify any part of speech except the noun and pronoun, they generally occur in composition, unchanged or euphonized, and have an exceedingly wide range, being Simple, Rela- tive, and Interrogative, and indicating time, place, manner, degree, number, quality and quantity, besides afﬁrming and denying.

There are two forms of the simple afﬁrmative, ti and [1012, the latter meaning ‘yes, that settles it.’ and being used terminatively; the