When a noun commences with a consonant, nu, a, u, in the singular, and ka, y, qui, in the plural are used as possessive pronouns, but if it commences with a vowel, v, av', r, are employed in the singular, and k', yv', c', or qu', in the plural.
| My slave | nu mun |
| Thy slave | a mun |
| His slave | u mun |
| Our slaves | ka munib |
| Your slaves | y munib |
| Their slaves | oui munib |
| My wrath | v' oyoual |
| Thy wrath | av' oyoual |
| His wrath | r' oyoual |
| Our wrath | k' oyoual |
| Your wrath | yv' oyoual |
| Their wrath | c' oyoual |
INTERROGATIVES.
| Who | naki, achinak, apachinak |
| Who am I | apa-in-chinak |
| Who art thou | apa-at-chinak |
| Who is this | apachinak-ri |
| Who is it | naki-la |
| Who would it be | naki-lalo |
| Who are we | apa-oh-chinak |
| Who are you | apa-yx-chinak |
| Who are they | apa-e-chinak |
The verb, to be, is expressed by either ux, or qo, or qohe. As an example of its conjugation I insert the indicative present.
| I am, | in ux | or in qolic |
| Thou art, | at ux | " at qolic |
| He is, | are ux | " are qolic |
| We are, | oh ux | " oh qolic |
| You are, | yx ux | " yx qolic |
| They are, | e, or he ux | " e, or he qolic |
Four different kinds of verbs are given in the grammar compiled by the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, which he calls active, absolute, passive, and neuter. The following sentences are given as specimens of each kind. Active;—can nu logoh v' ahtih, I love my master. Absolute;—qu' i logon, or logonic, I love; qu' i tzibanic, I write. Passive;—ta x-e tzonox rumal ahtzak, then they were interrogated by the creator. Neuter;—qu' i cam, or qui cam, I die; qu' in ul, I come; qu' i be, I go; qu' i var, I sleep.
QUICHÉ CONJUGATIONS.
Following I insert the conjugation of the active verb to love, in which the word logoh, love, commences with a consonant, and also the conjugation of the active verb oyohbeh, to wait, which commences with a vowel, thus showing the different particles used.