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Rh And in the ame Manner you may Inflect all Verbs whatoever.

The Preterits and Futures have the ame Suffixa, as the Preent Tene.

Concerning the compounded Verbs, it is to be oberved; that, whereas their auxiliary Verbs are but few, they make Ue of everal Particles to upply their Place, which are annexed to the imple Verbs, and o make them compounded Verbs; yet thee Particles by themelves are not ued, nor of any Signification. And by this Connexion or Compoition the imple Verbs change their Conjugation. As for Example,

Firt, in this Expreion, they ue to do o and o, the Compoition is formed thus; of the imple Verb Erminpok, he wahes himelf, in the Compoition is made Ermingarace, he ues to wah himelf. Kieavok, he weeps; Kieeillarau, he ues to weep; Aularpok, he goes from home; Aulararau, he ues to go from home. Second,