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Excerpt: ...two participles, the present and the perfect. The present participle denotes action or being continued, but not finished. It generally ends in ing, eng, or g; as, Tebahkooneding, Ruling, &c. The perfect participle denotes action or being, finished. This can also be distinguished by its ending in ed or d; as Pahpid, laughed; Shoshomequanid, smiled. OF ADVERBS. An Adverb is a word used to modify the sense of a verb, &c.; as, Kagate quahnoj eneneh, a truly good man. List of Adverbs: 1. Ingooding, once; neshing, twice; nesing, thrice. 2. Netum, first; Esquache, lastly. 3. Omah, here; ahnedeh, where; negoojee, somewhere; kahweenegoojee, nowhere; ishpeming nahkayah, upward; nesahye-ee nahkayah, downward; esquayong nahkayah, backward; negaun nahkayah, forward, &c. 4. Noogoom, now; chekezheguk, to-day; mawezhah, long ago; pejenahgooh, yesterday; noomahyah, lately; wahbung, to-morrow; bahmah, by and by; kahmahsheh, not yet; kahyahsekah, instantly; waweeb, immediately. 18 5. Pahgee, little; ahneenmenik, how much. 6. Koonemah, perhaps; mekahweh, perchance. 7. Kagate, verily; aahe, yes, &c. 8. Kah, no; kahweengahnahga, not at all. 9. Ahneen, how; ahneeshnah, why; ahnahpe, when. 10. Nahwuj, more; kagahkoo, most. OF PREPOSITIONS. Prepositions serve to connect words with one another and to show the relation between them; as, Cazenove angkeojemahjahkezhodt York, he went from Cazenovia to York. List of Prepositions: Pahzhejahye-ee, over; ahnahmahye-ee, under; shepahye-ee, through; ishpeming, above; nesahye-ee, below; keoonjee, from; peoonjee, from; ahwashema, beyond; chegahye-ee, near; negaun, before; Ishquayong, behind; wahsah, off; oogejahye-ee, on or upon; magwaahye-ee, among; ahzheh, after; ahpahgahjeahye-ee, against; ahgahmahye-ee, across; kewetahye-ee, around; nahwahye-ee, amidst; enahkayah, toward, &c. OF CONJUNCTIONS. A Conjunction is a word used to connect sentences, so as out of two to make one. Conjunctions are of two sorts, the...
