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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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