Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language - Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Buckingham Smith
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42. The verbs become participles without undergoing change of form, as, hiósguam, I write, or he that writes, is the present participle; hiósguari, I have written, or he that has written; hiósguatze, I will write, or he that will, is the preterite (future?) participle. The same in its proportion is to be understood of the passive voice. The _Present Participle_ is of the second declension, forming the genitive in te, thus Nominative, hiósguan; Genitive, hiósgnante, etc. The imperfect participle is of the same declension, with the difference that the mark of the imperfect, ru, is the final, as, Nom. hiósguamru, Gen. hiósguamteru, etc. The _Perfect Participle_ is of the first declension, having its genitive in que, as, Nom. hiósguari, Gen. hiósguarique. _Pluperfect Participle_ is declined like the perfect, observing what has been said of the imperfect, as, Nom. hiósguariru, Gen. hiósguariqueru, etc. The _Future Participle_ belongs to the second declension, the genitive ending in te, preceded by n or m, as, Nom. hiósguatze, Gen. hiósguatzente. The plural, it appears, should be declined in the same manner as the singular in respect of its termination in te or que. * * * * * |
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