Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language - Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Buckingham Smith
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Although this mode does not exist in the language, still the natives
have ways to express the thought, some of which are these: One mode is by the verb erám, I wish or think; so that to say, I wish to write, Nee hiósguavaerám may be used, which is the future hiósguatze, with the final syllable omitted for the particle va, and followed by the erám. In the same manner, other verbs may be proceeded with, they remaining stable through all the mutations that erám undergoes, as in the following: ACTIVE VOICE. INDICATIVE MOOD. _Present_, Erám, I wish. _Pluperfect_, Ehritu, I had wished. _Imperfect_, Eramtu, I wished. _Future_, Erátze, I shall wish. _Perfect_, Ehri, I have wished. SUBJUNCTIVE, (Impt?) Erátzern, I might wish, etc. In the passive erám is not used, but naquém, which also means, I wish, and with the preterite particle, in the manner that is stated in the fourth form of the imperative, the infinitive mood in this voice is expressed, as, Nee no hiósguarico naquém, I desire to be written. Another mode that serves for the Infinitive, is that after a verb of motion, the future of the verb is used, as to express, I come to you to say, Nee eme queitudetze güerem: here, Nee is I; eme, to you; güerem, or üerem, I come, and queitudetze the future of the verb queituden, I say, or make known. |
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