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, to be called. The personal pronouns are united to the verbs as they are to the nouns. They precede all verbs except those whose infinitives terminate in _en_, _in_, and _an_, to which they are suffixed as a rule, but not always. When they follow the verb, the forms of the pronouns are either _de_, _bu_, _i_ he, _n_ she, it, _u_, _hu_, _je_ or _da_, _ba_, _la_, _ta_, _wa_, _ha_, _na_. The latter are used chiefly where the negative prefix _m_, _ma_ or _maya_ is employed. Examples: hallikebben, to rejoice. hallikebbede, I rejoice. hallikebbebu, thou rejoicest. hallikebbei, he rejoices. hallikebben, she rejoices. hallikebbeu, we rejoice. hallikebbehue, you rejoice. hallikebbeje, they rejoice. majauquan, to remain. majauquada, I remain. majauquaba, thou remainest. majauquala, he remains. majauquata, she remains. majauquawa, we remain. majauquaha, you remain. majauquana, they remain. MOODS AND TENSES. Their verbs have four moods, the indicative, optative, imperative, and infinitive, and five tenses, one present, three preterites, and one future. The rules of their formation are simple. By changing the termination of the infinitive into _a_, we have the indicative present, into _bi_ the first preterite, into _buna_ the second preterite, into _kuba_ the third preterite, and into _pa_ the future. The conjugations are six in number, and many of the verbs are irregular. The following verb of the first conjugation illustrates the general rules for conjugation: _ayahaddin,_ to walk. INDICATIVE MOOD. Present tense: dayahadda, I walk. bujahadda, thou walkest. lujahadda, he walks. tuejahadda, she walks. wayahadda, we walk. hujahadda, you walk. nayuhadda, they walk. First preterite--of to-day: dayahaddibi, I walked to-day. bujahaddibi, thou walked to-day. lijahaddibi, he walked to-day. tujahaddibi, she walked to-day. wayahaddibi
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