might be! but now in general it is not so understood. The phrase may
be deemed to be in the Optative, although it does not express that
entirely, being formed by the union of the Imperative above with
venesma, even though.

Venésmane hiósguam, Venésmane hiósguadauh,
I would that it might be, or, I would that it might be, or,
Even though I may write. Even though I may be written.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

This mode of speech, If I should write, I should have written, &c.,
the natives express by adding the particle _ru_ to the future.

_Singular._
Nee \ Nee \
Nap > ghiósuatzeru, Nap > hiósquatzidauhru
Id / If I should write, &c. Id / If I should be written, &c.

_Plural._
Tamide\ Tamide\
Emét > hiósguatzeru, Emét > hiósguatzidauru,
Amet / If we should write, &c. Amet / If we should be written, &c.[4]

[Footnote 4: Conjunctions, corresponding to _aunque, paraque, cuando_,
and the like which it is common to make use of with the subjunctive in
Spanish do not exist in the language.]

INFINITIVE MOOD.