Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language - Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Buckingham Smith
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Conjugation of the verb hiósguan, I write, or paint. INDICATIVE MOOD.--PRESENT TIME. _Singular._ ACTIVE VOICE. PASSIVE VOICE. Nee hiósgnan, I write, Nee hiósguadauh, I am written, Nap hiosguan, You write, Náp hiósguadauh, You are written, Id, or At, hiosguan, He writes, Id, or At, hiósguadauh, He is written. _Plural._ Tamide hiósguame, We write, Tamide \ Emét hiósguame, Ye write, Emét > hiósguadagua, Amet [3]hiósguame, They write, Amet / We are written, &c. [Footnote 3: In all moods and tenses when the person is put afterward, which it is very common to do, the form is this: ACTIVE. PASSIVE. _Singular_, hiósguamne, hiósguadauhne, hiósguanna, hiósguadauhna, hiósguanar, hiésguadauhar, _Plural_, hiósguameta, hiósguadaguata, hiósguametem, hiósguadaguatem, hiósguametam, hiósguadaguatam, and so on, according to their condition.] IMPERFECT. |
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