Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language - Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Buckingham Smith
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FREQUENTATIVE VERB. 21. This verb signifies the frequent repetition of the same action, and is formed by adding the adverb tátze, peace-meal, as, I write often, tátze ne hiósgan. COMPULSIVE VERB. 22. It is thus called because it signifies to cause or compel to do any thing, and is formed by taking away the last syllable of any verb and replacing it with tudem or tuden, which alone is conjugated, and has the perfect tudari, and future tudetze, as varuhtúden, I cause to sin; verúhtze being the future of varúuen. APPLICATIVE VERB. 23. When the action is for, by, or through, ("para ó por,") this verb is used, having its termination in dem or den, perfect, deri, and future, detze; as pánauan, work; whence is formed pánauiden, which is the applicative, so that to say, I work for you, the phrase is Nee eme pánauiden; and the mother to express, My son has failed me, (died), says, No nótzi múquideri; although in the place of this applicative the preposition betzéguai, for, is used likewise, or de, by; as, Christ died for us, Cristo tamo betzéguai, or tamóde múqui. CONTINUATIVE VERB. 24. This verb serves to continue the action, and is made from the future, omitting the tze and substituting sem or sen, as nenérsem, I |
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