The Natural History of the Varieties of Man

by R. G. Latham

Beyond this, the tenses become complicated; and that because they are evidently formed by the agglutination of separate words; the so-called imperfect being undoubtedly formed by affixing the preterite form of the word to make; thus used as an auxiliary. The perfect and future seem similarly formed, from the auxiliary=be.

This may be collected from the following paradigms.

1.

• Root, u, &c., = be. (Auxiliar.)
• Plural—Present, st-am, st-ut, i-st-i = sumus, estis, sunt.
• Singular—Preterite, u-t-an, u-t-as, u-d-i = fui, fuisti, fuit.
• Singular—Future, u-gín-an, u-gín-as, u-gén-i = ero, eris, erit.
• Imperative fau = esto.

2.

• Root, k'an = make. (Auxiliar.)
• Preterite, = s-k`o-t-on,[45] s-k`o-t-ai, s-k`o-t-a = feci, fecisti, fecit.

3.

Root, kus = hear.

INDICATIVE.
		Sing.	Plural.
Present,	1.	Qus-in	Qus-am.
	2.	Qus-is	Qus-ut`
	3.	Qus-i	Qus-inc`.
Imperfect,	1.	Qus-ga-k`o-t-on	Qus-ga-k`o-t-am
	2.	Qus-ga-k`o-t-ai	Qus-ga-k`o-t-at`
	3.	Qus-ga-k`o-t-a	Qus-ga-k`o-t-oi
Perfect,	1.	fé-qus-t-on	fé-qus-t-am
	2.	fé-qus-t-ai	fé-qus-t-at`
	3.	fé-qus-t-a	fé-qus-t-oi
Future,	1.	bai-qus-g'in-an	bai-qus-g'i-stam
	2.	bai-qus-g'in-as	bai-qus-g'i-stut`
	3.	bai-qus-g'én-i	bai-qus-g'i-sti
CONJUNCTIVE.
Present,	1.	qus-on	qus-am
	2.	qus-ai	qus-at`
	3.	qus-ai	qus-oi
Imperfect,	1.	qus-ga-k`an-on	qus-ga-k`an-am
	2.	qus-ga-k`an-ai	qus-ga-k`an-at`
	3.	qus-ga-k`an-a	qus-ga-k`an-oi
IMPERATIVE.
	1.	——	bai-qus-am
	2.	bai-qus	bai-qus-ut`
	3.	bai-qus-a	bai-qus-oi

Infinitive, qus-in.