Verbs beginning with a vowel have the following particles;—ino, nav, inr, inqu, or inc, nauta, inqu tacque, or inc tacque. Thus the verb eça, to deliver, is conjugated.
| I deliver, | inveça | We deliver, | inqueça |
| Thou deliverest, | naveça | You deliver, | naveçata |
| He delivers, | inreça | They deliver, | inqueça tacque |
Adjectives are indeclinable, and the plural of nouns cannot be distinguished from the singular, as;—kiro uinac, good man; kiro uinac, good men.
The following Lord's Prayer comes from the same source:
Catat taxah vilcat; nimta incaharçihi avi; inchalita avihauripau cana. Invanivita nava yahvir vacacal, he invataxab. Chaye runa cahuhunta quih viic; naçachtamac, he inçachve quimac ximacquivi chiquih; macoacana chipam catacchyhi, coaveçata china unche tsiri, mani quiro, he inqui. Amen.[XI'-6]
MAME CONJUGATION.
Of the Mame, or Zaklohpakap, the following extract is from a grammar written by Diego de Reynoso. The letters used are: a, b, ch, e, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, t, u, v, x, y, z, tz. There are no special syllables or signs to express gender, but distinct words are used, as;—mama, old man; ahkimikeia, old woman; mamail, old age of a man; keiail, or ahkimikil, old age of a woman. The plural of animate beings is expressed by the particle e prefixed to the word;—vuinak, person; evuinak, persons; but it is considered as elegant also to affix the same e;—kiahol, son; ekiahole, sons. For inanimate things, either numerals or adjectives expressing the plural are used;—abah, stone; ikoh abah, many stones. Personal pronouns are;—ain, I; aia, thou; ahu or ahi, he; ao or aoio, we; ae or aeie, you; aehu or aehi, they.
| Me, to me, in me | vuih |
| Thee, to thee, in thee | tiha |
| Him, to him, in him | tihu |
| Us, to us, in us | kiho |
| You, to you, in you | kihae |
| Them, to them, in them | kihaehu |
| Of me, by me | vuxm |
| By thee | tuma |
| By him | tumhi |
| By us | kumo |
| By you | kume |
| By them | kumhu |
| By myself | tipa |
| By himself | tiphi |
| By ourselves | kibo |
| By yourselves | kibe |
| By themselves | kibaehu or kibhu |
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BE.