Essays of an Americanist / I. Ethnologic and Archæologic. II. Mythology and Folk Lore. III. Graphic Systems and Literature. IV. Linguistic.

by Daniel G. Brinton

I eat, cha adeh, and atqui chan (atqui = I).

Although Bishop Thiel supplies a number of verbal forms from this dialect, the plan of their construction is not obvious. This is seen from a comparison of the present and perfect tenses in various words. The pronouns are—

⅓	atqui, I.
	ique, he.

For instance:

Brunka Verbal Forms.

To kill (radical, ai).

Present, I kill, cha atqui i aíra.

Perfect, he has killed, iang i aíc.

To die (radical, cojt).

Present, I die, cójo drah.