This mode of speech, If I should write, I should have written, &c., the natives express by adding the particle ru to the future.
| Nee | } | ghiósuatzeru, If I should write, &c. | Nee | } | hiósquatzidauhru If I should be written, &c. |
| Nap | Nap | ||||
| Id | Id |
| ACTIVE | PASSIVE. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamide | } | hiósguatzeru, If we should write, &c. | Tamide | } | hiósguatzidauru, If we should be written, &c.[[4]] |
| Emét | Emét | ||||
| Amét | Amét | ||||
INFINITIVE MOOD.
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. | |