Nee senéva is, I alone; the plural, tamide améve, we alone; but neither senéva nor améve are declined, only the pronouns that accompany them.
GUAGUA, VUT.
18, 19. Possessive Pronouns are the genitives of the primitive; thus, no vónama, means, my hat, no being the genitive of nee, and the same with the rest. But in order to say, this is mine, guagua is used applied to inanimate things, as, veride quit no guagua, this is my house; or vut applied to animate, as, veride cavadu no vut, this horse is mine; and with the change of person those genitives of the primitive must be added, as, no guagua, mine; amo guagua, thine, are guagua, his, &c., no vut, mine, &c. (Another manner of expressing the possessive has been given in [section 12].)
VERB.
Here opens a very broad field whereon may be observed the excellence of this language that is considered barbarous.
Conjugation of the verb hiósguan, I write, or paint.
INDICATIVE MOOD.—PRESENT TIME.
| ACTIVE VOICE. | PASSIVE VOICE. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nee hiósgnan, | I write, | Nee hiósguadauh, | I am written, |
| Nap hiosguan, | You write | Náp hiósguadauh, | You are written, |
| Id, or At, hiosguan, | He writes, | Id, or At, hiósguadauh, | He is written. |
| Tamide hiósguame, | We write, | Tamide | } | hiósguadagua, We are written, &c. |
| Emét hiósguame, | Ye write, | Emét | ||
| Amet [[3]]hiósguame, | They write, | Amet |